Barrett v. Fish
Supreme Court of Vermont
Chancery. Addison County, June Term, 1898. Thonvpson, Chancellor. Decree strictly pro forma in accordance with the prayer of the bill. Defendant appealed. The oratrix brought her bill to enjoin the defendant from the publication, by production in court, of certain letters written by her and in his- possession. The case was heard upon bill, answer and an agreed statement of facts. The opinion states the case thus presented so far as it was material to the decision.
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
From the agreed statement of facts, the allegations of the bill, of the oratrix, and the admissions in the defendant’s answer, it appears that the papers in controversy are unsigned letters, written by the oratrix to one Poland, and by him to her ; that they were in her possession until shortly before August 21, 1897, when she committed them to the custody of one Hyde with directions to burn them , that while they were in his possession, he delivered them to F. A. Howland, August 21, 1897, and subsequently and before the commencement of this suit, Howland delivered them to the defendant who…
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