The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-04-22
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District Court, for said County.
Amos Ladd, Bill in Chancery

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Amos fzvs .a00' = for
Charles W. Hunter, Injunction and Relief
yuyHE said Charles w. Hunter. will hereby
take notice that on the Oath day of DC.
tober a. d., 1910, the said complainant by|
Henry w. Starr, his Solicitor, filed in theI
district Court, for said county, his certain|
|Bill of Complaint, representing in substancel
that on or about the LIST day of January, 1856
|he purchased from the said Charles w. Hum
tier of Alton, Illinois, certain two lots, linI
Ian a addition to the town OF Alton, Illinois, for
(which he the said complainant, executed to
1.-The said defendant, a certain promissory note
bearing date on the said LIST Of January, 1886,
|Ior the sum Of S20, 200 in part or full pay
uent for said lot, and also, that at the time
Of such purchase, said Hunter, executed to
said complainant bond conditioned to make
him, or his assigns, title to said lots, upon
ayment of the purchase money, according TO
| the said contract, and also, that subsequent
Inv to said purchase, the said complainant,
ter, all his interest in said lots, under thu
bond of said Hunter, to John Camp, of said
town of Alton, and assigned to him the said
bond, aud that such sale and assignment was
made prior to the forfeiture of the condition
Of such bond or any failure to pay the pur.
chase money by the said complainant in ac'
eordance with the terms of said sale with
. said Hunter, and also, that with view OF
= releasing himself from all liability on the
original contract between him and said Hun.
ter, said complainant sold to said Camp, only
his interest in the bond, subject to the con-
dition Of the same for the payment Of the
purchase money, and that said Camp was to
pay the purchase money, stipulated to be paid
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ter ior the same, and that said Hunter, knew
and complainant. and agreed with said com.
plainant 10 look to said Camp, for the pur.
chase money, and in consideration that said
complainant should sell and transfer said lots
TO said Camp, he weuld fully release and dis
charge complainant from all further liability
for the purchase money Aforesaid, and de
liver up to said complainant the note or notes
before refused, and given for the same, to be
canceled and that said Hunter represented
himself as entirely satisfied to release sac
complainant ana take said Camp, as response
Bile for the purchase money aforesaid, and
said Camp, accordingly assumed to pay sale
Hunter, the same, &C., that said Hunter tolo
accomplishment he would give him up his secu
cities for the purchase money refused for sale
lots, &C., and that soon after the transactio
aforesaid, said complainant left the uforesaic
town of Alton, and came to this Territory t,
reside, that said Hunter, did not deliver III
the said notes, and that said complainant il
closing his affairs for the purpose of remov
ing, failed to call upon said Hunter, for sale
notes or notes, &C., and until very recently
supposed the same to have been destroyed OF
canccled; and also that 4 suit is now pend
ing upon the common law side of said Court
against said complainant, by said Hunter
upon one Of the notes given for the purchas,
money aforesaid, with view and design /,
delraud said complainant out Of the amount
Of the same, &c. Said bill prays that a wr
of I'M junction be issued to stay all further
proceedings upon said note, in said suit, &c
And whereas, a writ of in JUNCTION and sum
mons was issued in this suit against the sale
Charles w. Hunter, on the Doth day of n o
vember, 1o40, which have been returned non
I est inuentus. Now, unless the said Charles
w. Hunter, shall be, and appear before sale
District Court, sitting as Court of Chancery
on the first day of the next term thereof, AM
answer the charges and allegations of sait
bill of%complaint, the same shall be taken a
confessed, and a decree entered according1,
and that in the mean time all further pro
ceedings in the said suit at law, be here
by enjoined until the further order of sal,
court in the premises. go se
JOHN S. DUNLAP, Clerk.
Henry w. STARR, Sol'r. for Comp't.
March 1856 ~