The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-04-13
Addison COUNTY
Court of Gancery,
December 7 erH,,
Solomon Drake

Feede&eh l A. Sharp, December Term.
Josiah Stickney,
George Seaver, 1S47.
Benjamin B. Grant.
WHEREAS, at the present term Of this
Court, Solomon Drake of Bristol, in the
county of Addison, by II. Needham his
solicitor, presented his petition against
Weightman Chapman, Nathan Hardy,
Norman A. Allen, Amandria Clark, Fred
erich A. Sharp, james l.. Hong, .3lmon c.
Allen, Josiah Stickney, George Seayer,
Benjamin B. Grant, Marian Soper, Charles
J. Soper. and Henry c. Soper, setting
forth that Henry Soper of Bristol, deccas,
ed, OH the 25th day of June 1881, being in
debted to the orator, in 5000, specified in
three promIssory notes of that date each
for $500, and signed by said Henry Soper
John Howden and Nathan Daggett, one
payable in one year, one in two years, and
the other in three years with interest; and
on the first day of September 1892, was
indebted in one other note for 1921, pdya-
BILE on the fist day of March 1888 with n
terest, signed by said Henry Soper, in or
der to secure the payment of the said sew
eral sums, Oh the said first day of Septen-
Der 1892, for the consideration of $1,000,
mortgaged to the orator the following dis
cribed land, forge and privilege in Lincoln
in said county, viz: the one equa', undivi-
ded half ofthe fr5e III said Lincoln, own
ed and occupied, on the first day of Sep
TENDER 1882, by Philetas Pier and said
Henry SOper, and also the land belonging
to said forge privilege excepting the house,
barn and coal house erected by said Pier,
meaning to convey said SOper's half or
part of said prem ises; the whole of said
| forge lot or premises are bounded as fol-
lows, beginning at large rock on the
north bank of the river. about two rods
below the forge lately erected, or erected
by one EbeheZer SaxtOn on the site where
the present forge stands; thence northward
" twelve rods to soft maple tree; thence
eastwardly parallel liue with the course
| of said river twenty six rods; thence south
wardy parallel with the first mentioned
line twenty four rous; thence westwardly
on Il right angle with the last mentioned
line twesty-siX rods; thence northwardly
twe've rods to the first mentioned rock >
/ That the first two and last of said notes
have been paid; but the note for $500 pay
able in three years remains unpaid, That
about the 9th day of August 1888. the sd
Soper decided the said premises TO BenIa-
J
Stickney of the city of Boston in the state
of Massachusetts; That OH or about the
18th day of July 1886. the said Grant,
Seaver and Stickney deeied said premises
TO Almon c. Allen and James l.. Hoag of
Lincoln aforsaid; That on or about the
o3,h day of December 1887, the said AL
mon CAlen decided his share or one fourth
of said forge and privileges 10 Frederick
A. Sharp and Amandria Clark of the City
of Troy in the state of New York; That
on the first day of May 1912, the said
Sharp and Clark decided their Que fourth
of said forge and privileges to Reuben
Derby of Huntington in the county of
Chittenden; That on the 18th day of Feb
ruary 1912 the said james l.. Hoag deed
ed his fourth part of said forge and privi-
lege to Benjamin Allen then of said Lin
coin; That on the 26th day of August
1914, the said Benjamin Allen decided the
said fourth part of said forge and privilege
together with the hall of said premises not
mortgaged 10 the orator, to Norman j. AL
len Of Ferrisburgh and Nathan Hardy of
Monkton; That on the 10Th day of No
vember l645, the said Norman j. Allen
and Nathan Hardy decided their three
fourths of said forge and privilege to
Weightman Chapman of Weybridge in
said county of Addison; And that on the
18th day of March 1916, the said Reuben
Derby decided his Une fourth part of said
forge and privilege to the said Weightman
Chapman: That about the first Of March
Is45, the said Henry Soper deceased, leav-
ing widow. Maria Soper. and two sons,
Henry c. Soper aud Charles j. Soper, the
only feirs of the said deceased; And
praying, among other things, that the said
defendants may be decreed TO pay and sat
isfy the said orator the sum due on said
mortgage, and the interest on the same, and
the said orators costs and that IN default
hereof the said defendants and all person
claiming under them may be foreclosed Of
all equity of redemption in the said mort
gagged premises
And whereas it is shown TO the Court
that the said Nathan Hardy, Amandria
Clark, Frederick II. Sharp, Jonah Stick
ney, George Seavcr and Benjamin b
Grant, reside out of this State, so that Z
subpoena cannot be served on them 1t /:
therefore ordered by the Court, that notice
of the pending Of said bill, and that they
are required TO appear aud answer to the
same at the term of the said Court to be
held at Middlebury in and COR the County
of Addison on the second Tuesday of Jun'
IS47, by publication, stating the substance
of said bill and this order, in the Northern
Galaxy-a newspaper printed at said Md
dlebury-three weeks successfully. the last
of which shall be at least twenty days pre-
vious to the commencement of said term.
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