Underwood v. Hart
Supreme Court of Vermont
Audita Q,uerela. The complainant alleged, that the defendant sued out a writ against him, in an action upon note, returnable before Lyman Cummings, a justice of the peace, at the office of Lyman & Chittenden, in Burlington, on the twenty first day of September, 1846, at nine o’clock in the forenoon, and caused the same to be served by attaching the complainant’s property, and that the complainant attended at the place of trial on the return day of the writ, but the justice…
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Audita Q,uerela. The complainant alleged, that the defendant sued out a writ against him, in an action upon note, returnable before Lyman Cummings, a justice of the peace, at the office of Lyman & Chittenden, in Burlington, on the twenty first day of September, 1846, at nine o’clock in the forenoon, and caused the same to be served by attaching the complainant’s property, and that the complainant attended at the place of trial on the return day of the writ, but the justice was not present at the place of return within two hours after the time set for the return, but afterwards, by the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
1. We think the charge of the court to the jury, as to what constituted an entry of an action in a justice court, was substantially in accordance with the decisions of Phelps v. Birge, 11 Vt. 161, and Peach v. Mills, 13 Vt. 501, and was so expressed, as not to mislead the jury.
2. The charge in regard to the presumption in favor of the regularity of the proceedings, and that some proof was necessary to overcome this, was correct; and we do not perceive, that there was any such proof in the case, as to change the burden of proof.
3. The…
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