The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-04-29
Territory of Iowa, IS
Des Moines County.
I5s7 District Court, for said County.
Amos Ladd,

Amos Ladd' Bill in Chaneery 4
Charles W. Hunter. Injunction and Relief.
YyHE said Charles w. Hunter. will hereby:
Il take notice that on the Gath day of Oc-
tober A.. d., 1910, the said complainant byt
Henry w. Starr, his Solicitor, filed in the
District Court, for said county, his certain
Bill of Complaint, representing in substance
that on or about the LIST day of January, 1886,
he purchased from the said Charles w. Hun
ter of Alton, Illinois, certain two lots, in
an addition.to the town Of Alton, Illinois, for
which he the said complainant. executed to
the said defendant, certain promissory note,
bearing date on the said LIST OF January, 1886,
for the sum Of $40, 900 in part or full pay.
ment Tor said lot, and also, that at the time
of such purchase, said Hunter, executed to
sad complainant bond conditioned to make
him, or his assigns, a title to said lots, upon
payment of the purchase money, according to
the said contract, and also, that subsequent
ly to said purchase, the said complainant,
with the knowledge and consent of said Hun
ter, all his interest in said lots, under the
bond of said Hunter, to John Camp, of said
town of Alton, and assigned to him the said
bond, and 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-
cordancc 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, aud that said Camp was to
pay the purchase money, stipulated to be paid
! by said complainant, and TO satisfy said Hun
IL fr,r h, nd hat, II
the terms of the contract between said Camp
and complainant, and agreed with said com
plainant to look to said Camp, for the pur
chase money, and in consideration that sale
complainant should sell and transfer said lots
j TO said Camp, he would fully release and dis
charge complainant from all further liability
i for the purchase money aforesaid, and de
4 liver up to said complainant the note or note:
before refused, and given for the same, to BIZ
cancelled /; and that said Hunter represented
himself as entirely satisfied to release sale
complainant and take said Camp, as response
bic for the purchase money aforesaid, ant
said Camp, accordingly assumed to pay sal,
\ Hunter, the same, &c, that said Hunter toll
complainant he would give him up his secu
rites for the purchase money, refused for SAT-
lots, &C., and that soon after the transaction
aforesaid, saId complainant left the uforesuit
town ofsAlton, 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 sal,
notes or notes, &C., and until very recently
supposed the same to have been DESTROYED o
Cancelled !; and also that q 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 t
deiraud said complainant out Of the amour
of the same, sc. Said bill prays that wri
Of Injunction be issued to stay all furthe
proceedings upon said note, in said suit, &c
And whereas, a writ of injunction and sum
mons was issued in this suit against the sal
Charles w. Hunter, on the Goth day of Nc
vember, 1870, which have been returned no
est inUentus. Now, unless the said Charlie
w. Hunter, shall be, and appear before sal
District Court, sitting as Court of Chancery
on the first day Of the neSt term thereof, an
answer the charges and allegations of sal
, bill of complaint, the same shall be taken a
: confessed, and Il decree entered accordingl,
and that in the mean time all further pr
ceedings in the said suit at law, be her,
by enjoined until the further order of sal
, court in the premises. i!si
JOHN S. DUNLAP. Clerk.
! HESaY W. STARR, Sol'r for Comp t. ,si
March 1856 42