The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-09
A FEW CASES
WERE WIPED OUT
But W a S hington County
Court Is Sure to Have a
Busy September Term
ATTORNEYS FLOCYED
ON OPENIN DAY
Raymond Cuttin - North
field Furnis, = Consid-
cradle s tersion

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| Washington county court convened at
10 o'clock this morning, with the largest
attendance of attorneys on the opening
day of court in long time. The inside
OF the bar was filed, and all of the seats
in the grand jury box were occupied.
! Deputy Sheriffs c. A. Smith and H. j.
Slayton were in charge of the court
work, the former making the proclama-
tion opening court, while the prayer was
offered by Rev. F. B. Leach, pastor of the
Montpelier Episcopal church Judge +. NJ
Butler presides over this term of court.
Assistant Judges c. H. Dana and G. II.
Dale were present.
| The morning was occupied with the
calling of the jury, court and general
dockets. The jury docket was called first,
and from the appearance of it, the bib
| lcal term, "the last shall be first" APP
pears to apply, for nearly all of the
cases set for the first three days of court
were left in an unsettled state of af
fairs, while nearly all those set for the
fourth day of court were left for trial
An effort to place cases at the heel of
the docket became such that it was use
| less for the heel was approaching the
toe, so that cases for the most part in
the first three days were left open.
! The following entries were made: In
regard to account Of David S. Hawkins,
guardian of Hattie and David Hawkins,
judgment of probate court affirmed Da
| Wis VS. Wilfore, settlement agreed upon;
Spaulding vs. Mutual Life Insurance Co;
| Jones Brewing Co VS., Meigs, Simpson vs.
Central Vermont, and Harvey VS.. Yer
mont Mutual Fire Insurance Co. were
passed. meaning some agreement is pend
ing in each; II. J. Slayton VS.. f. A.
Drown, settled and discontinued; Law
renee VS. East Montpelier, two cases,
continued; Town VS.. Estate of Savery,
passed Goslant vs., Tyrell, settlement
expected to-day Green vs. Trust Co.
and Louis Gould vs. Bell, question Of
agreement; Bailey VS. Hawkins, set to
court; Perry Real Estate agency VS..
Rudd ct al, Barber VS. Rudd ct al, ques
ton relative to trial; Abare VS.. Crack
| er. settled LaFell Co. VS.. Vermont &
Quebec Co. ct al motion for Judgment
against principal defendant; Lane Manu-
| featuring Co. VS.. J. II, jackson, settled;
Pitkin vs. Dudley, continued; Sanders VS..
Daily, settled.
RAYMOND Cutting of Mortified enter
tanned the court and attorneys for a lit
! tie while during the morning, when the
calling of the docket reached the case of
/ Mortified Trust Co. VS. Jennie Cutting,
/ Raymond Cutting, Earle NJ. Cutting Cut
! ting Block Co and railroad companies
as trustees. Raymond Cutting arose and,
addressing the court, claimed the per
sonal privilege of speaking in defense of
the action. He asked if an affidavit of
service had been filed on Earle Cutting.
Some comments occurred, E. Fl. Deavitt,
for the plaintiff, finally discontinuing the
matter as to Earle Cutting, Jennie Cut
4 ting and the trustees, which left Ray
mond Cutting sole defendant. He claimed
! that his brother, who is in the army, was
a party.
The court asked him if he had an at
torney, to which Cutting replied he had
! not, but that he wanted to get one, If he
could, that would keep on the level in
this case" The plaintiff insisted on trial.
The court advised Mr. Cutting to secure
an attorney or post himself Cutting
stated that Raymond Trainor was to
have conducted the case, but that ne had
failed to appear This case developed out
of the signatures to note, Finally, the
court directed that the case stand for
trial. and Cutting soon left the court
house
When the general court calendar was
read later in the forenoon, Attorney w.
A. Lord of Montpelier announced that he
had withdrawn as attorney for the de-
fendant in the case of Carrie Albin vs.
Raymond Cutting, because OF the re-
marks of Mr. Cutting in regard to law
yers. j Ward Carver of Barre is the
other attorney for the defendant in this
case, and il was reported about the
courthouse that he, too, was planning
to withdraw
On the court calendar there will be no
trial in the cases of Tromblee 4 Emery
vs. Elizabeth Clark ct al; a discontinue
ance has been entered in Bianchi Granite
Co. VS.. Muldoon Manufacturing Co. In
John Crozier vs.. Hamilton Garey Lum-
Der Co., T.. NJ Harvey filed a motion for
Judgment against the defendant and LETT
the matter of the trustees open John
Kelley VS.. Allard, settled and discontin-
ued. The trustees were discharged in
Smith VS.. Holton. j. G., Frattmi filed q
motion to dismiss in the matter OF ape
pointment of guardian of Caroline Bian-
chi on the grounds that her attorney
had signed the appeal from probate court
and that the law provided that only the
aggrieved party could sign the appeal.
The calling of the general docket result
ed in some new entries.