The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-03-30
addison County
Court Of Chanccry,
December I crn,

Nathan Hardy, Court of Chdnceru,
Amandria Clark,
Frederick 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, .4lmon C..
Allen, Josiah Srickney, George Seaver,
Benjamin B Grant. Mariah Soper, Charles
J. Soper. and Henry c. Soper, setting
forth that Henry Soper of Bristol. deceas-
ed, OH the 25th day of June 1881, being in
iebted to the orator, in 5000, specified in
three promlssory 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 OH the fist day of March 1888 with IL
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 Septem-
Der 1852, for the consideration of $1,000.
mortgaged to the orator the following dis
cribed land, forge aud privilege in Lincoln
in said county, viz: the one equa', undivi-
ded hat ofthe frye III said Lincoln, own
ed and occupied, on the first day ~ 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 Uses; the whole of said
forge lot or premises are bounded as fol
ows, beginning at large rock on the
north bank of the river. about two rods
below the forge lately erected, or erected
by one EbeLeZer Saxton on the site-where
the present forge stands; thence northward
" twelve rods to a soft maple tree; thence
east wardly parallel line with the course
of said river twenty six rods; thence south
wardly parallel with the first mentioned
line twenty four roIs; thence westwardly
on right angle with the last mentioned
line twesty-siv rods; thence northwardly
tive We rods to the first mentioned rock =
That the first TWO and last of said notes
have been paid; but the note for S30) pay
able in three years rem; ins unpaid, That
about The 9th day Of August 1898 the sd
Soper decided the said premises TO Benja
MN B. Grant, George Sc yer and Josiah
Stickney of the city of Boston in the state
of Massachusetts,; That OIL or about the
18th day of July 1886. the said Grant,
Seavcr and Stickncy decided said premises
10 Almon c. Allen and James l.. Hoag of
Lincoln alorsad; That on or about the
23rh day of December 1897. the said AL
mon C.AIlen decided his share, or one fourth
of said forge and privileges 10 Frederick
A. Sharp aud Amantiria Clark of the City
of Troy in the state of New York; That
on the first day of May 1872, the said
Sharp and Clark decided their Que fourth
of said forge and privileges 10 Reuben
Derby of Huntington in the county of
Chittenden; That on the 18th day of Feb
ruary 1912 the said James l.. Hoag deed
cd his fourth part of said forge and privi-
lege to Benjamin Allen then of said Lin
coin; That on the Goth day of August
lS4l, the said Benjamin Allen decided the
said fourth part of said forge aud privilege
together with the hall of said premises not
mOrtgaged TO The orator, to Norman J. Al
len Of Ferrisburgh and Nathan Hardy OF
Monktonj That on The 10Th day of No
venber 1915, the said Norman j. Allen
and Nathan Hardy decided their three
| fuurths of said forge and privilege to
Weightman Chapman of " eybridge i'll
said county of Addison And that on the
18th day OF March 1916, the s1id Reuben
! Derby decided his Unc fourth part of said
forge and privilege to the said Weightman
Chapman That about the first of March
lS45, the said Henry Sopcr deceased, leav-
ing Il widow. Maria Sopcr. and two SONS
Henry T.. SOpcr and Charles J. Sop@r, the
only feirs of the said deceas ell: Aud
praying, among other things, that the said
defendants may he decreed TO pay and sat
isiy the said orator the sum due on said
mortgage, and the interest on tine same, and
the said orators costs and that IN default
hereof the said defendants and all person
claiming un'er them may be foreclosed OF
all equity of redemption in the said mort
gagged premises
Aud whereas it is shown To the Court,
that the said Nathan Hardy, Amandria
Clark, Frederick Il. Sharp, Jonah Stick
ney, George Seaver aud Benjamin Il,
Grant. re side out of this State, so that Il
subpoena cannot be served on them IL Is
therefore ordered by the Court, that notice
of the pending of said bill, and that they
are required to appear and answer to the
same ut the term of the sail Court 10 he
held AZ MiddIebury in and FOR the County
of Addison on the second Tuesday of June
1917, by publication. stating the substance
of said bill aud this order, in the Northern
GALAXY newspaper pr,nied ut said Md
llebury-three weeks sucrcssiveiy. the last
of which shall be at least twenty days pre-
vious to the commencement of said ter II.
i4S SAINT. SWIFT, Cierl