1877Switzerland County Circuit Court – Apr 1877 – Part 2
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Vevay Reveille – 12 Apr 1877 – Page 2, Column 2
LAW REPORT.
Circuit Court—Judge Berkshire.
Louisa Boyd vs. Clinton Boyd—divorce; submitted to Court, judgment for plaintiff.
Sophia Housemier vs. Henrietta Housemier—divorce; dismissed.
State vs. Harvey Dailey—selling to minor; acquitted.
State vs. Perry Andrew—petit larceny; tried by jury, and sentenced to the State Prison for one year.
State vs. Charles W. Humphrey—carrying concealed weapons; plea of guilty, and fined $2.50.
State vs. Charles B. Humphrey—carrying concealed weapons; nollied.
State vs. Harvey Schroeder—provoke; nollied.
State vs. Solon Lee—petit larceny; plea of guilty, and sentenced for 48 hours in county jail, and disfranchised for one year.
State vs. James O. Truit—assault and battery; acquitted.
State vs. James Dyer—assault; nollied.
Samuel Hess, adm’r, &c., vs. Jason G. Gurley—civil action; change of Judge by defendant.
Ann Robertson vs. the Corporation of the Town of Vevay—action for damages; change of Judge by defendant.
Perret Dufour vs. Oliver Dufour—on account; dismissed by plaintiff.
John T. Boulton, Guardian, &c., vs. Julia Blach—on account; change of Judge.
Alice Shuff et al vs. John Ransom—action to set aside a deed; change of Judge by plaintiff.
Jacob W. Thompson vs. Elizabeth Rayl et al—to set aside a deed—judgment for defendants and against plaintiff for costs.
William T. Pate et al vs. Anna Love et al—on note; dismissed by plaintiff, and judgment against plaintiff for costs.
William Lampton vs. William H. Cunningham et al—on contract; judgment against defendant for $317.30. Motion for new trial, submitted and taken under advisement till next term.
Rachel Whitehead vs. Perret Dufour et al—foreclosure; change of Judge by defendant.
John Shillito & Co. vs. Edward C. Heady; assignee, &c.—on account; dismissed by plaintiff at his costs.
Simeon S. Orem vs. William S. Tower, adm’r—claim; judgment for $50.55, and against plaintiff for costs.
Polly McCreary vs. Thomas White—to recover real estate; dismissed at plaintiff’s costs.
Henry J. Cole and Lewis G. Boyd vs. James Stoops—civil action and attachment; judgment for $964.
Philander S. Sage and Henry J. Cole vs. same—for same; judgment for $784.46.
G. J. Thiebaud and J. J. P. Teats vs. same—judgment for $28.75.
U. P. Schenck & Son vs. same—judgment for $66.37.
Grisard & Bro. vs. same—judgment for $15.40.
John Melcher vs. same—judgment for $19.98.
Julius Blach vs. James Stoops and L. G. Boyd—change of venue from the county by plaintiff.
Mary Bennett vs. James Stoops—judgment for $172.95.
Julius Blach vs. same—judgment for $1,905.
Charles O. Thiebaud vs. same—judgment for $24.40.
John F. Doan, adm’r, vs. James B. Morrison and Flora Morrison—civil action; tried by jury, and judgment for defendants.
Charles Disch vs. William Peelman—to recover real estate; dismissed by plaintiff, and judgment against him for costs.
State vs. William Bosaw—on forfeited recognizance; default, judgment for $200.
Charles A. Clarkson and Mary E. Scandret vs. Eliza M. Dufour and Perret Dufour et al—for partition and to quite title; change of Judge by defendant.
Margaret McCallum et al vs. Edward C. Heady et al—to revive judgment; dismissed by plaintiff at their costs.
State vs. Charles McVey and Margaret McVey—on forfeited recognizance; dismissed at defendants’ costs.
Jos. Tague vs. Frederick Kohler—account; change of Judge by defendant.
Edward C. Heady vs. Julius McMakin—on note; dismissed by plaintiff at his costs.
Isaac Stevens et al vs. James Walden—on note; default and judgment for $80.50.
George Hughes et al vs. Ellen Brown et al—foreclosure; judgment for $1,004.22.