Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-07-23
The State OF Ohio, Carroll county, SIS.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Peter Clinton
Us IN CUANCrPy
Henry Mick, ct. ais.

Henry Mick, ct. ais.
Dewitt Clinton Of ST. Louis, Missouri, John Clin-
ton of Iowa, Joshua Clinton, whose place OF resi-.
dence is unknown, are hereby notified that Peter
Clinton, on the l9lh day of MAY, lG47, fledin the
court OF common pleas in and for said Carroll coun.
y, against them and Others, his bill in chancery in
which said bill it is alleged that said Peter Clinton
is the only surviving heir aud legal representative
ol Abel Clinton, late OF Co!umbiana county, decea-
sed; that said Abel when in life, about the 25h OF
May, A. D. 1899, made an agreement in wntIng,
with Henry Mick, or the purchase OF the follow
ing real estate. TO wit: bounded on the north by
lands Of John Clinton, on the west by lands Of John
Caskcy, on the south by lands ol Andrew Meek,
on the east by lands OF William Wheeler, being
part OF the southeast quarter Of section twenty
three, township fourteen, OF range five, OF the
lands ordered to be eoId at SteubPnve, Ohio, con
tanning fifty acres, more or less; that said Abe
Clinton departed this life n!estale, on or about the
year 1929; that at the November term OF the court
OF common pleas Tor the year 1929, John Clinton
was duly appointed Administrator OF the estate o
said Abel Clinton, deceased, and that be accepted
the trust and entered upon the duties Of his office
The bill turtherulegCs that full payment vas made
10 said Mick Tor said premises in accordance win
said ugD eement that on or about The 27Ih Of Feb.
Iruary, 1889, said Nick aud vile executed aud de-
vered to said John Clinton, as administrator ot
said Abel Clinton deceased deed in lee simple
Tor said real estate, for the use OF the heirs Of said
Abel Clinton; bill further alleges that sud John
Clinton, administrator Of said Abel Clinton, decea.
sed, departed this lie about the year 1898, leaving
certain heirs who are made defendants TO said till
and that the widow of said Abel Clinton departed
this life about the year Of 1910; and that sand John
| Clinton departed this life without having convey
ed said lands 10 said Peter Clinton as the heir anC
legal replcs utative Of said Abel Clinton, deceased
and that said Henry Mick never did convey sajr
lands to said Abel Clinton in his lite time nor tC
your petitioner as the only surviving heir and ega
lrepresentalivt OF said Abel Clinton, deceased; ant
that said agreement in writing has been lost OF mis-
laid except a fragment which is filed and marked
ItA.) The prayer of said bill is that said Dewitt
! Clinton, John Clinton and Joshua Clinton and 9th
els be made defendants aud that the conveyance
! from said Mick and wife to said John Clinton al
administrators of said Abel Clinton he decreed volC
and OF no effect, and that said Henry Mick be de
creed to convey said land and premises in fee sim
pie TO the petitioner Os the heir and legal represen
tatve Of SAID Abel Clinton, deceased, and for gen
eral relic!; and said Dewitt Clinton, John Clinton
and Joshua Clinlonure further notified that unIes
they appear and plead, answer or demnr to SAT-
! bin within sixty days from the rising OF the neA
term OF said court, the said petitioner will, at th
mex; term after the expiration OF said sixty days
apply to said court to take the matters and thing
set forth in said bill as true and confessed, and de
cree thereon accordingly. ECkLEY DAVIS,
Solicitors or Petitioner
June I8, l847--3C-5t. Pr. Tee So IS.