Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1842-01-25
STATE OF VERMONT.
Rutland, SIS.

Rutland, SIS.
John Buckmaster & al }
Horace N Ss; & al In oh'n''Fy Sept T. lS4l
Whereas, John Buokmaster and Napoleon b. Smith
OF Shrewsbury in the county oRutland aforesaid have
at the present term filed their bill in chancery against
Horace Needham, Benjamin T. Needham, Levi Need
ham, and Lucy Needham of Shrewsbury in the county
of Rutland aforesaid, and Horace Aldrich and Corde
ha Aldrich of Canton in the county of st. Lawrence
and State of New York. Stating, that Horace Need
ham on the Both day of March, A. D. 1887 was ndebt
ed 10 the orators by notes of the above date in the sum
Of $4,000, payable note for $3.50 the LIST Oct
1888, one for $3.50 on the LIST Oct 1889, for 5000
on the LIST Oct $780, for 5000 the LIST Oct IS4I
and one for $l76 the LIST Oct. 1872 all on interest
annually, and to the payment of said notes the
said Horace, the Seth day of March 1887 executed
TO the orators deed of mortgage, conditioned for the
payment OF said notes, the following described land in
Shrewsbury aforesaid, and described follows, to
wit one third part Of the farm that Benjamin Need
ham then lived upon, said farm being the same land
that was decided to the said Horace by BENJAMIN Need
ham on the 18th day of February, 1928, which was
then bounded follows, to wit north by John Buck
master and Samuel Adams lands, east by Richard
Clark, Phineas Adams, and William Smiths lands
and south by Calvin Robsons land and west by Will
lam Webber and John Buckmaster's lands That the
said deed from the said Benjamin to the said Horace
contained condition that the said Horace should have
possession of the said PREMISES upon paying annually
the sum of thirty dollars to the said Benjamin,
Alice his wife il she survived if requested by either of
them That in lieu Of the said thirty dollars, the said
benjamin and Alice had the possession and received
the rents and profits ofhe said premises during their
lives That the said Benjamin survived the said Alice,
and afterwards married again, and that the wife of the
said marriage survived the said Benjamin and became
entitled to dover. That administration was granted
on the estate of the said Benjamin to Benjamin Il.
Needham and Levi Needham aforesaid, on the 2Sth
day of February, 1899. That the PROBATE Court for
the district of Rutland appointed committee to set
of and they did set off tile said widow Lucy Needham
aforesaid one third of the estate Of the said Benjamin
deceased, in which the said premises were included.
That the said Horace Needham, Benjamin T. Need
nam, Levi Needham, and Cordela Aldrich, wife of
Horace Aldrich, the only heirs the estate of the
SAID Benjamin; that said estate is solvent although
represented to be insolvent. And praying that this
court would decree that if the said defendants fail to
pay the SAID sums OF money they be forever forcosed
from all right to redeem said mortgaged premises and
that the orators may have their costs.
The usual process Of subpoena being granted, and
the said Horace Aldrich and Cordea his wife residing
without this state and not having been notified of the
commencement of said bill, it is ordered by the court
that they be notified hereofby publishing the substance
Of said bill in the Rutland Herald, printed at Rutland
three weeks successfully, the last of which be al
least six weeks previous the term of this court
to be held at Rutland aforesaid, the second Tues
day of April, A. d. ls42 and day thereof was given
DO. II w HOPKINS Clsrk
~ X Ihrall, solicitor for orators 3:5