The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-12-24


Territory of Iowa. Des Moincs County, 81.
District Court, for said county, to the Feb
ruary Term thereof, AID, 1870 s
Josiah Luckey Bills in Chancery for
William Buchanan. lief
yayHE said William Buchgnanswill hereby
take notice, that on the oath day Of
Nav, A. D., 1910, the said complainant by
N. b. Browning Esq, his solicitor, filed in the
of1;cc Of the Clerk of the District Court for
.o;d county, his certain Bill of Complaint
apainst the said Defendant, supported by the
cath of the said Complainant, representing
that in the spring Of 1888, he placed in the
hands OF Joseph Swope, a constable. i'll and
fer said county, notes for collection or safe
keepinr, ono of which said notes was exc
cuted hy Nicholas Winterstcin and Gideon
b. Alexander, ON the 18th day of May, 1888,
for the sum of seventy two dollars and fifty
cents, pa yable on or before the LIST day of
October, 1888, to the said complainant, or to
his order, and that none of the said notes had
been endorsed by the said complainant, nor
had ne then, or since parted with his interest
in said notes, or authorized any other person
10 transfer the same for him, and that imme-
diately after placing them in the hands of
the said constable for collection as aforesaid,
the sais. complainant left sud Territory, and
was aDsc... FER several months, during which
absence, the said Swope departed this life;
and said notes by some means got into the
hands of different persons, who set up and
claimed the right to collect and receive pay
men., for the same, without any authority
from said complainant for the same, and that
all of the persons thus holding and claiming
said notes, were informed Of the true stua-
ton of said notes by said complainant on his
return, which was Immediately after The
g md nIe
above referred to, signed by Nicholas Winter
stein. and Gideon B. Alexander, by some
means got into the hands of the said William
Buchanan, who instituted q suit upon the
came, in the District Court, for said county,
in the name of tie said complainant, for the
use OF said William Buchanan, without any
authority to DO, and having been notified
by said complainant, of the true circuln-
stances and situation of said note, he is en-
deavoring to enforce payment Of the same,
greatly to the prejudice and injury Of said
made payable to the said Josiah Luckey. or to
order, and that the same is not endorsed by
him, and also representing that ut the May
term, OF said District Court, 1910, Judgment
was rendered by default against said Winter
stein and Alexander, for the full amount Of
said nete with interest, &c, and whereas a
summons has been issued in this case, against
The said defendant, returnatle ut the October
;erm Of said Court, 1910, which was returned
by the Sheriff, mn est inrentas. Now unless
the said William Buchanan, shall personally
he, and appear before the District Court, for
said county, setting as Court Of Chancery,
on or before the first day OF the next term,
thereof. to be begun, and held at the Court
House, in Burlington, on the third Monday of
February, 1871, and answer on his corporal
oath, the charges and allegations set forth in
said bill of complaint, the same shall be Ia
ken as confessed, and decree entered in the
premises accordingly. Nov 23d, 1910.
JOHN S. Dunlap, Clerk,
NJ. D. Browning, Solr. for Compt.
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