Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-09-30
August 8.

VlRGlNlA.-Ata Circuit Superior Court Law
and Chancery held for Augusta County, at
the Court House, Thursday, June the nth,
1871.
James Observation-Disclosures
AGAINST
Thomas Brown, Martha Brown. widow of Holm
Brown, decd. and Robert, Elizabeth and Mar
tina J. Brown, children and heirs of said John
Brown, SaInue! &. Brown, son of Samuel
Brown, John Brown and Erastus and Samuel
McCullis, infant children of Sally McCullis,
decd. daughter of said Samuel Brown, John
Brown the son of William Brown, decd. and
Patrick Hays and Jane his wite-Defendants
This cause came on to be heard this 18th day
OF June, 1871, on the bill taken for confessed as
10 Thomas Brown, who has been duly served
with process, and order of publication duly
made aSainstthe others who are absent defendants,
and upon the exhibits and dispositions of Witness
es, and was argued by counsel On consideration
whereof, and by consent of the parties by conn
sci, the Court doth order, that this cause be re-
ferred to master commissioner Samuel Clarke,
who shall take an account ofthe rents and profits
OF the land in the bill mentioned during the time
he the said defendant Thomas Brown has been
lnpossesslon thereof, distinguishing however tho
rents and profits accrued prior to the death of Jane
Brown, the mother the intestate Ro. Brown,
from those which have accrued since her death
ana the SAID commissioner is further directed TO
state an account OF the permanent improvements
placed on the said land by the defendant Thorn
as A. Brown, and also IA statement shelving the
value of the improvements at the time the said
Thomas Brown got into possession and their pre-
sent Value-and that the said commissioner be
allowed TO proceed, having first given personal
notice to the Plaintiii-and to Thomas Brown of
the time and place of taking the account, and
having published the same for six weeks i'm the
Staunton Newspaper as TO the absent defendants
1t is further ordered, that Samuel f.. Clarke
Wilson any three of whom may act be, and thew
are hereby appointed commissioners, whose duty
II shall be to coupon the land i'm the bill mention
ed, having first given the same notice as ia
hereby required for the taking of the account
and make partition of said land among those enti-
.,ed 20 the same, laying OIL the part claimed by
the plantlH next TO the lands OF VIM. Gibson to
whom he is said to have contracted TO sell the
same, and in such convenient form as to suit the
lands OF said Gibson, if that can be done without
detriment TO the rights of the. other claina1rs=.
and that they may make report to this Court in
order to further proceedings herein, and on the
motion of the defendant Brown by counsel, he
hath leave to appear and file his answer.
Copy-Teste,
r. II. KINNEY, DC.
f. The parties in this cause are hereby no
tilted that will attend at the House of the defen-
dant Thomas Brown, in the County of Augusta
on Monday the l lth day of October next for the
purpose of obtaining the evidence necessary to
enable me to state the account required by the
above decree, and afterwards on Monday the 18th
day OF the same month at my Office in Staunton,
VIII proceed to make up the said account.
SAML. CLARKE, Nj. Comr.
The undersigned Commissioners, hereby notify
the parties in the said cause that they will attend
on the land in the bill and proceedings mention
ed, on Tuesday 10Th day of October next, for the
purpose of making the partition required by the
above decretal ORDER
SAMUEL Il. CLARKE.
SAMUEL CLARKE,
JACOB BUMGARDNER,
WIN. WILSON.
Staunton, Aug. &c, 1871.