The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-06-04
Enoch Gilbert Adm. of Nathl Knapp, Decd
VS..
Enos VILLA Lii


Enos Williams and wife.
On the Equity side of the District Court FIR
the county of Lee, October Term, 1916,
Bill for Injunction and Relief
NIHEREAS the said Gilbert, Administers.
w tor aforesaid, on the 9th day of Nav.
lo4O, filed his Bill of Complaint, on the
Chancery side of the District Court for the
county of Lee aforesaid, against the above
named defendants, praying for relief generally,
In the premises set forth in said bill, and for
injunction, against the said defendants, which
was allowed him,-also for subpoena, for the
sa,a ae'endants, to appear and answer to said
oiii oi complaint, and for an order of publ.
cation against tie said Enos Williams. as an
absent, and non resident defendant wba was
such at the time of the fling of said bill
and which said bill sets forth, and charges.
among ether matters, that certain portion
OF the property belonging to the estate of the
said Nathaniel Knapp, that is subject to adj.
mnistration, and liable for the debts against
the said estate, is in the possession of the said
defendants, and particularly, an interest in
certain town lots situated at Fort Madison, in
the county of Lee aforesaid, specifically des-
crihed in said bill, and on which, the said
Nathaniel Knapp, in his lifetime, made valu-
able improvements, all of which said proper
ty is in danger Of being lost to said estate,
by the improper and fraudulent conduct of
said defendants especially the said Enos Viii.
llams, who has been fraudulently attempting
to convert the same to his own private use
and beneft,-and praying that the said de-
PENDANTS may be Iinjoined from selling, or
otherwise disposing Of any part of the proper
,ty belonging to the said Nathaniel Knapps
estate, which is in the hands and possession
OF the said defendants, OF either of them, or
from concealing, or removing the same, or
any part thereof, and from all attempts, by
themselves, their agents, or attornes, to in.
vest themselves, or either Of them, with the
title to any part of said property, to the
prejudice of the legal representatives, and dis.
tributes of said estate and praying for
decree that the said defendants account with
tue said pluintif as administrator as aforesaid.
and also, as one of the distributes of said es.
tate in right of his said wife, who is the
daughter of the said Nathaniel Knapp, for all
the property, belonging to said estate, that
has, at any time, been in their possession
and for such other and final decree in the
premises generally, as is consistent with equi.
ty and justice, and consonant TO law, and the
usages of Courts Of Chancery in like cases ::
which said bill is supported by affidavit in
due form Of law.
Wherenpon, it appearing, that the said Enos
Williams, one of the defendants named in
said bull of complaint, is non resident Of
the Territory of Iowa. and was such at the
time of filing said bill,--the1cfore, the said
Enos Williams is hereby notified and required
10 appear and answer the complainants said
bill, on or before the first Monday of October
next, or in default thereof, the said bill OF
complaint will be taken as confessed by him !:
provided, that the said plaintiff, cause a COPY
of this order to be published in the Hawk
Eye and Patriot, printed at Burlington in said
Territory, once week, for six successive
weeks, before the sitting of said court
JOHN II. LINES, Clerk of
the D. C. for Lee County.
Finch g. LEARNED, Solici-
tors for Plaintiff. may 81 CIV 81