The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-07-25
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STATE sS OF G9.a ~Mis Sdsa,s S..
In he Circuit Coart, Chaneerg side
John S. Lucas,
Il. U. Cooke and others.
TTPON opening The complainants bill,
~ and ii appearing 10 the satisfaction
Of The Couft, thatihe defendants are not
residents of the State, but reside beyond
The limits thereof, and beyond the jgris-
d!clion Of this Court, SO that the ordina-
~ process Of this Court cannot be exc
cutcd upon them; ills therefore ordered
that unless the said d endants enter
their appearance herein, on or before
the next term Of this court, 10 be held
at the Court House in the town Of Can
ton, in and for the county Of Madison,
aforesaid, on The First Monday Of Octo-
Der next, and plead, answer or demur,
to complainants bill Of complaint, other
wise lhe same will be taken lor COMES.
scd against Them, set for hearing ex-
parte, and the matters thereof decreed
accordingly; and il 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: H. +. COULTER, CHI.
OrHo r. SINGLETON, Sol.
June 6, 1916. 38-9w
Complainant charges that about The
2lst April, 1910, William P. Cooke, Of
Madison county, Mississippi, bargained
and sold 10 one John w. Cooke, Of the
county Of Warren, and State Of Ken.
lucky, now both deceased, a certain tract
of land in Madison county, Mississippi;
Bill states thai 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.
thers and a sister Of said John w. Cooke
deceased, that Edwin Cooke and William
Cooke last mentioned are the heirs o.
Giles Cooke, deceased, another brother
OF John w. Cooke, deceased; that all O
said defendants are non-Tesidents of hi:
State and residents Of the State Of Ken
rucky. Bill further represents that OF
tho 2lsl day Of April, 1910, the sale
William P. Cooke undertook 10 execute
to The said John w. Cooke a genera
warranty deed to the said land, but BY
some accident or oversight in DRAWN.
said deed, the land sold as aforesaid wa!
mis- described, and other lands embraced
in said deed, 10 which said w. p. Cooke
had no title or claim whatever (which
lands are described in the complainant
billy thus leaving out Of the said deeC
entirely the land sold and intended 10 b,
embraced, and describing therein othe
lands 10 which he never setup any CLAIM
whatever Complainant states that a
bout the Gath day Of December, I84i
he purchased said land OF John w
Cooke, SO bought by him Of William P
Cooke, and took from the said John w
Cooke q quit claim deed to the same il
which the number and description OF til,
land were copied from the said frstdee,
thus falling into the same error commit
ted in the said FIRST deed. Complainant
charges that since the purchase iron
said John W Cooke he has been in pos
session Of the land actually sold, and in
tended TO be conveyed by the said VIII
liam P. 10 the said John w. Cooke, an,
by the said John w. Cooke to complain
ant; that he has used and enjoyed tn
same and paid taxes on it as his oWr
property; and bill prays that Hanna
U. Cooke, Joseph Cooke and other de
PENDANTS be compelled to answer uipo
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
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 "
Cooke, deceased, 10 the land actual
, sold, and that the heirs Of John w. Cook
be compelled to execute to you. oratc
a quit claim deed TO said land, and upo
their failure to do so, that a commissioI
er be appointed to execute said deed
and for general relief, &c.
SINGLETON, for Complainant.