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/. AUCTIONS.
Marshal's Sale of
VALUABxsE LAMBS
In Prince lillian County, Virginia

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In Prince Nilliana County, Hirg'asa.
VIRGINIA: .
AT Superior Court OF Chancery hello 10
the town of Fredericksburg on the 18th
day of May, 1924
Charles Carroll, Of Carrollton, Plaintitf,
Against -.
William Brent, administrator With the will
annexed of Daniel C.. Brenb deceased:
John D. Simms and Eleanor c. bis wife,
The sail John ID Smms administrator
with the will annexed OF George l..
Brent. deceased; James q laiisferro,
ir. and Mary A. his wife; Thomas L. T..
! Brent. Alfred Fl. Elves and Adelaide
his wife; Hancock Eustace; Ludwell
Lee, in bis own right, and as Executor
OF Thomas Lee, deceased; Gerard Alex.
ander, jr. aud Thomas l. Alexander,
an infant by Philip Harrison assigned
his guardian. Defendants
TNyHlS cause came on to be further heard
i upon the papers formerly read. the
report of Commissioner Stone, made in
pursuance OF the order OF the 9Th day OF
May. 1923, TO which there IS no excep-.
ton, and an exhibit fled in The case OF
TaIatero vs.. Simms, depending IN this
Court. showing the division among the de-
yisees of Daniel Carroll Brent, OF the lands
which were derived by the said Daniel
under the will OF Richard Brent, deceas-
ed, and was argued by counsel On consi-
deraiion whereof, the Court. approving
OF and confirming the said report. except
so far as the Commissioners has commu'ed
the sterling money into currenay at
par, which it was unnecessary tor him 10
do; by which report it appears that the
balance due to the plaintiff upon the mort
gage in the proceedings mentioned, IS one
thousand three hundred and thir'y-hve
pounds, one shilling and two pence halt
penny, sterling money OF Great Britain,
with interest thereon from the l2th day OF
August, 1918. to be computed after the
rate oil six per ceDtum per annum, besides
the sum heretofore decreed 10 thls cause
to be due to the plaintiff from the estate OF
Thomas Lee, deceased, and from Lud~ell
Lee as the security OF the said Thomas;
which sum of one thousand three hundred
and thirty 1--WE pounds one shilling aud two
pence half-penny sterling, at the rate OF
nine per cent advance. which is ascertain.
ed by the Court to be tie present rate OF
exchange between currency and sterling,
is euusi to six thousand four hundred and
sixty one dollars and sixteen cents. And
il appearing to the Court trom the exhibit
aforesaid taken from the suit OF IalslerrO
vs.. Simms, that the said seventeen bun
dred and ninety acres IN the said Commits
sioner's report mentioned, have been di>
vided, by allotlng to Thomas l. l.. fr4nt
FIVE hundred acres thereof. and the resi-
due OF twelve hundred and ninety acres
has been divided according 10 quantity
and quality between The three other dew
sees of SAID Daniel G.. Brent, deceased,
that DIVISION is adopted as the ratio in
whicb the said lands shall be charged re-
spectively with the mortgage debt siore-
said-doth adjudgr, order and decree,
That unless the detesdaais Hancock Eus-
tace and Thoms. l.. l.. Brent, or one of
them, do, on or before the 18th day OF No
vember next, pay and satisfy TO the SAID
plaintiff the sum OF one thousand eight
hundred and FIVE dollars, with interest
thereon at the rate OF SIX per centum per
annum, from the 18th day OF august, 1918,
until paid, Chat being the proportion
which the FIVE hundred acres devised by
Daniel c. Brent to Hancock Eustace IN
trust tor the said Thomas l.. l.. Brent,
should bear of the said debt,) and one-
fourth part OF the costs expended by The
plaintiff in prosecuting this suit, (other
than the costs which have heretofore been
deere ed to the said plaintiff by the former
decree in this cause) that the Marshal OF
this Court do, after having advertised the
time and place of sale for tour weeks sue
cessively in the Virginia Herald, a news
paper printed in the town oil FrederIcks<
burg, and some newspaper printed in The
District of Columbia, and at the front door
of the Courthouse of prince William coun-
~, expose to sale. by public auction, 10
The highest bidder, for cash, upon The pre-.
misses, or at the Courthouse of Prince
William county, SO much OF the lands de-
vised to the defendant Hancock Eusrace,
in trust for the said Thomas l.. L. Brent,
by Daniel G Brent, as may be suficien:
10 paw the aforesaid sum OF one thousand !
eight hundred and Ave dollars, with inter-
est thereon at the rate OF six per centum
per annum from the 18th day OF August,
1918, until paid, and the aforesaid fourth |
part OF the costs and the costs OF sale; and
GU, OF the proceeds thereof, after retaining
the costs of sale, pay to the plaintiff the
said pFigcipal money, and interest, and
fourth part of the COSTS atoresaid; and that |
unless the defendants James 6. Taliater-
70. jr and Mary A. bis wife, (who, as APP
pears by the Commissioners report, are
in possession of the remaining twelve hun
dred and ninety acres, being lots No. 2, !,
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