Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-09-23
August 8.

VIRGINIA.-Ata Circuit Superior Court ofLaw
and Chancery held for Augusta County, at
the Court House, Thursday, June the l7ih,
1871.
James Observation-Disclosures
AGAINST
Thomas Brown, Martha Brown, widow of John
Brown, decd. and Robert, Elizabeth and Mar.
tina J. Brown, children and heirs of said John
Brown, Samuel G.. Brown, son of Samuel
Brown, John Brown and Erastus and Samuel
McCullis, infant children Of Sally McCulI%,
decd. a daughter of said Samuel Brown, John
Brown the son Of William Brown, decd. and
Patrick Hays and Jane his wite--Defendants
his cause came on to be heard this 18th day
OF June, 1871, on the bill taken for confessed AS
TO Thomas Brown, who has been duly served
with process, and an order of publication duly
made against the others who are absent defendants,
and upon the exhibits and dispositions of Witness
es, and was argued by counsel On consideration
wnereof, and by consent of the parties by conn
sci, the Court doth order, that this cause he re
terred to master commissioner Samuel Clarke.
who shall take an account ofthe rents and profits
oil the land in the bill mentioned durinu the Tim.
he the said defendant Thomas Brown has been
in possession thereof, distinguishing however tho
rents and profits accrued prior TO the death of lane
Brown, the mother of the intestate Ro Brown
from those which have accrued since her death
ana the SAID commissioners is further directed to
state an account of the permanent improvements
placed on the said land by tho defendant 'Tbou-
as A. Brown, and also statement shewino the
value OF the improvements at the time the said
Thomas Brown got into possession, and their pre-
sent vaue-and that the said commissioner bs
allowed TO proceed, having first given personal
notice to the Plaintif-and to Thomas Brown of
tho time and place of taking the account. and
having published the same for six weeks in the
Staunton Newspaper as to the absent defendants
1t Is further ordered, that Samuel f.. Clarke
Samuel SHi!n Clarke, Jacob Bumgardner and VIM.
81, g.
"ioson any three OF whom may act, be. and they
arc hereby appointed commissioners, whose dutv
1t shall be to coupon the land in the bill mention
ed, having first given the same notice as is
hereby required for the taking OF the account
and make partition of said land among those emil
Tied to the same, laying Off the part claimed bv
the plaintiff next to the lands Of VIM Gibson. to
whom he is said r. have contracted 10 sell the
same, and in such convenient form as to snit the
lands OF said Gibson, if that can he done without
detrlnent to the rights Of the other claimants
and that they may make report to this Court in
ORDER 10 further proceedings herein, and on Ne
motion of the defendant Brown by counsel H,
hath leave to appear and file his answer
Copy-Teste,
Fl. KiNNEy,p.c
as4 The parties in this cause are hereby mn
tilted that will attend at the House of the defrn-
dant Thomas Brown, in the County of Augusta
on Monday the 18th 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 i'm Staupton
will proceed to make up the said account.
SAML. CLARKE, NJ. Com'r
The undersigned Commissioners, hereby notify
the parties in the said 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 tho
above decretal order. =
SAMUEL L. CLARKE.N
SAMUEL CLARKE
JACOB BUMGARDNER.
WIN. WILSON.
Staunton, Aug. &c, l54l.