The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-06-27
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STATE mS ali mis county, S..
In tie Circuit Court, Chaacery side.
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II. U. Cooke and others
TTP0N opening The c%omPlainants bill,
~ and il appearing TO he satisfaction
Of the Courl, that The defendants are not
residents Of the State, but reside beyond
the limits thereof, and beyond the juris-
Of this Court, 50 that the oriina-
ry process Of this Court cannot be \
cutcd upon them; il is therefore ordered
that uniess the said d PENDANTS enter
their appearance herein, on or before
the next term Of this cour', ii be held
at the Court House in the town Of Can
ton, in and for the comfy OF Madison,
aforesaid, on the First Monday of Octo-
Der next, and plead, answer or demur,
10 compliments bill of complaint, other
wise the same will be taken Tor comics.
sed against them, SET for hearing cx-
parte, and the matters thereof decreed
accordingly; and it is further ordered
that a copy Of this order be published
in the mississippi Creole" a newspa-
per published in the town Of Canton once
a week for Two months successfully.
Attest: Fl. r. COULTER, CTk.
OrHo R, SINGLETON, SOL
June 6, 1916. 38-9w
Complainant charges hat about the
2lst April, 1910, William P. Cooke, Of
Madison county, Mississippi, bargained
and sold to one John w. Cooke, Of the
county Of Warren, and State Of Ken
lucky, now both deceased, a certaintract
Of land in Madison county, Mississippi;
Bill states that said Hannah U. Cooke is
the widow, and said Joseph Cooke, the
only living child of w, P. Cooke, de-
ceased, that Catharine Cooke is the wild
ow of John W. Cooke, deceased, leaving
no children, that William Cooke, Lud.
low Cooke, and Ann Hines (who inter
married With Lafayette Hines) are bro.
theirs and a sister of said John w. Cooke
deceased, that Edwin Cooke and William
Cooke last mentioned are the heirs Of
Giles Cooke, deceased, another brother
OF John W. Cooke, deceased; that all Of
said defendants are non-residents Of this
Stute and residents Of the State Of Ken.
lucky. Bill further represents that on
the 2lst day of April, 1910, the said
William P. Cooke undertook 10 execute
to the said John w. Cooke a general
warranty deed TO the said land, but by
some accident or oversight in drawing
said deed, the land sold as aforesaid was
mis- described, and other lands embraced
in said deed, TO which said w. P. Cooke
had no title or claim whatever (Which
lands are described in the c%omplainan.s
billy thus leaving out Of the said deed
entirely the land sold and intended 10 be
embraced, and describing therein other
lands 10 which he never set up any claim
whatever. Complainant states that a
bout The Oath. day Of December, 184l.
he purchased said land OF John w
Cooke, so bought by him of William P
Cooke, and took from the said John w
Cooke a quit claim deed to the same in
which the number and description oil the
land were copied from the said first deco
thus falling into the same error commit
ted in the said first deed. Complainan
charges that since the purchase from
said John w. Cooke he has been in pos
session Of the land actually sold, and in
tended to be conveyed by the said Wi
liam P, to the said John w. Cooke, ant
by the said John w. Cooke to complain
ant; that he has used and enjoyed III.
same and paid taxes on it as his oWl
property; and bill prays that HannaI
u. Cooke, Joseph Cooke and other dc
PENDANTS be compelled to answer upo
oath 10 the allegations in the bill; an
bill prays for an order Of publica;io
against said absent defendants, and
decree that the said deed from Williar
P. Cook to John w. Cooke be cancelled
) as also the deed from John w. Cooke t
, complainant, and that the said defenc
ant Hannah U Cooke and Joseph Cook
: be compelled TO execute a general wa.
: ranty deed 10 the heirs Of John v
Cooke, deceased, 10 the land actual
: sold, and tlat the heirs Of John w. Cool
|; be compelled to execute TO you. oratc
= a quit claim deed TO said land, and upC
tbeir failure to do SO, that a commissio
! er be appointed to execute said deed
! and for general relief, &c.
SINGLETON, for Complainant.