The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-05-07
In Chancery,
County
June Term,
1915.

Samuel Buck,
Seneca Austin,
John Brainard, and
James Miner.
WHEREAS ,IsaacMerrilt administrator with
w the will annexed Of the estate OF Richard
P. Har:, late of Troy in the county OF RenSsel,
ear in the state OF New York, hath this day filed
in the office of the clerk OF the court OF chan
Gerry in the county Of Addison, his bill in chan
cery setting forth that William Howard late oil
said Troy, dec eased, did in his lifetime TO VII
on the 2Slh dav of November A. d. lol1, ne
then being sole executor 10 the last VIII anu 'eS-
lament of the said Richard p. Hart, decease1,
bring lis bill in ChanceIy in his favor, as e1ecu-
tor as aforesaid against Charles +. BralnaIu'
Iemuel Derbey, Horace Lapham, Oliver ,. Lap
ham. and Scion Lapham, all Of Bridport, other-
wise of Shoreham in the county OF Addison 10
f~reclOSe lheiI right in equity OF redeemlnS a
certain tract of land situate and lying IN SAID
Bridpor, known by the name of the Ls.e 1aTin,
containing 253 acres of land which one Samuel
Buck late of said Bridport now OF TiconderoSa
in the sta te of New York, purchased of Thomas
Atwood, William S. Higley, Phineas Wilcox,
Eunice Lane and EbeneZer Beardsley. reference
being had to their deeds for a more FIJI deScnP-
ton of The tract, stating that on the 9th day OF
November A. ID. 1926 thu said Samuel Buck
then of said Bnidport beingindebted to the said
hlCndTQ l. t1dIt III TIT sum 1'-C Sih'" r
cited in five pTomiSsoTy notes, all bearing dale
the 9Th day of November A. d. 1926, TO wit:
one for II15 dollars PAYABLE six months from the
dale thereof, one for ITO dollars payable one
year from the date thereof, one for ll05 dollars
PAYABLE Is months from the date thereof, one Tor
1870 dollars payable two years from the date
tSereuf, the other for 1925 dollars dayable two
years six months from the date thereof. in order
10 secure the payment of the said SumSo OF money
according to the tenor of said notes the said Sam
vel Buck on the said 9th day of November AID.
1926 by his deed of bargain and sale of thatdate
duly exeeuted and recorded did convey the said
tractOf land, together with divers other pieces CT
land to the said Richard P. Hart his heirs and as
signs forever with a condition to said deed annex
Ell tina. if the said Samuel Buck, his heirs, exc
cniors. administrators or assigns should well and
truly paw or cause to be paid 10 the said Richard
p. Hart his executors administration or assigns
the said sum of money according to the tenor OF
said notes. then said deed 10 be void, otherwise in
free And on the Nth day of July 1870, the
said Samuel Buck conveyed and released 10
John !Brainard of Bridport aforesaid the said
r..ct OF land called the Lane farm, and on the
Eth day of March Al d. 1885 the said Brainard
5 Id to Seneca Austin then of said BrdpoTt, a.
bout IS acres Of the said Lane farm, and on the
pa day cs Aprii a D. 1889 the said Seneca
Austin sold the same 50 acres to James Miner,
then of said Bird port, and the said Miner on the
10th day Of October A. ID. 1871 conveyed the
same IS acres to Horace Eapham, divers Lar
pham and Scion Lapham aforesaid, and the
said John Brainard on the Sd day of March AID.
1887 conveyed about 81 acres of the said Lane
farm 10 Apollos A. Buck of said Bridport, and
the said Apollos A. Buck on the 2lst day of
ApIilA. d. 1887, conveyed the same Do acres TO
LcInuel Derbey of Bridport, & on the 18th day OF
NovemterA- ID. 1874 the said John Brainard ex-
eculed to the said Charles F. Brainard a quit
claim deed of all his interest in the said Lane
Hrm. and on The 2Sih day ofHarch 1885 the said
Richard p. Hart at the request of said Samuel
Buck released TO said Apoilos A. Buck all his
inteTcStin all the pieces Uf land conveyed TO him
EviieSai1 deed of said Sam1Buck except thes
Zane firm; and that said sum OF money had not
been paid but was still due to said executor, and
pravingthat said Charles F., Lemuel, Horace,
Oliver S. and Scion might be decreed to pay the
said sun of money and the interest thereon ac-
erGing, and the said executors costs by a short
day, or he fJrecloScd Of all equity OF redemption
in said Lane farm, and the usual subpoena hav-
ING feen served on the said defendants to appear
before the Court Of Chancery holden at said Mid
dlebury on the second Tuesday of. December
A.. D. 1871, they appeared by II. Seymour their
Solicitor. and said cause was continued TO the
next term ofSaid CouTtot Chancery to be held at
said Middlehury on the second Tuesday OF June
heyi; and further setting forth that since the
said continuance of said suit the said William
Howard has deceased, and letters of administra-
tion with the will annexed OF the estate of said
Richard P. Hart deceasedhave been granted TO
The said Isaac Merritt by the Probate Court for
the District of Rutland; and that on the 16lhday
OF October A. d. 1871 the said Horace Lapham,
Oliver S. Lapham and Scion Lapham executed
- the said James Miner a mortgage deed of the
said - acres conveyed 10 them by said Miner;
ana that the said sum of 5525 dollars and the in
te7e>t thereon is still due the said orator; and
PRAYING that the bill of hesaid William Howard
executor, may he revived against the said de-
f,ndants and that the said Samuel Buck, John
B-inard, Seneca Austin, A pollos A. Buck and
Janis Miner may be made parties defendants to
TIE same:
And whereas il is made to appear that the said
S muel Back, Apollos A Buck and Seneca
Austin reside ont of this State so that Subpoena
cannot be served upon them. II is therefore or
acred that the said Samuel Buck, Senaca Aus
tin and AppolloS A. Buck be required to appear
on the FIRST day of the next stated Term OF said
c lurt of ChanceTy tOhc held on the second Tues
DIV eff June next, and make answer TO said
bill Of complaint, and that the said order stating
the substance of said bill lie published in the
Northern Galaxy 4 public newspaper printed IN
Middlebury in said County of Addison. three
weekssuccessively the last of which publications
shall b, at least 20 days previous TO the COM
mencement of the said term.
Given under my hand his 26th day of April
1915. S.SWIFT. Clerk.
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