Bates v. Sabin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book account. Heard on the report of an auditor at the December term, 1891, Taft, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma for the plaintiff for the amount found due by the auditor. The defendant excepts. The opinion states the case. The adjournment to the house of Judge Marsh was illegal. (a.) A county court is to be holden at the court house and at the times and places appointed by law.
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Book account. Heard on the report of an auditor at the December term, 1891, Taft, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma for the plaintiff for the amount found due by the auditor. The defendant excepts. The opinion states the case. The adjournment to the house of Judge Marsh was illegal. (a.) A county court is to be holden at the court house and at the times and places appointed by law. R. L. ss. 2562; 796; French v. Barre, 58 Yt. 575. (b.) It is only when two judges are disqualified that one may try a case pending therein. R. L. s. 797. One judge may adjourn until a quorum convenes. R. L. s. 803.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
START, J.
1. On the 31st day of December, 1891, the Windsor County Court took a recess until the 9th day of Janu*515ary, 1892, at which time R.' S. Taft, the presiding j udge, was present; William Rounds, assistant judge, was absent; Charles P. Marsh, assistant judge, was ill at, and unable to leave, his residence, situated in the village of Woodstock a short distance from the court house. The court adjourned to the residence of Judge Marsh, and there rendered judgment pro forma for ’ the plaintiff. The defendant excepted to the action of the court, in…
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