The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

Abram +. Eli worth,
rs.
Ephraim Moulion,
Champliu NJ. Fletcher, In CnANcrRr.
Ozias Seymour, and
Alexander f. Briggs.
Abram +. Ellsworth, of Whiting. in the
County of Addison, having this day flea
with me, his bill in Chancery, against
Ephraim Moulion, Jr., Ephraim Moul!on
and Alexander +. Briggs, all formerly o.
said Whiting, but now gone Ia parts I'm
known, and Champln NJ. Fletcher, of Or
well ana Ozias Seymour. Of Middle bury
in said county: Setting forth in substance
That on the 2sh day of August. 1913, said
Ephraim. Jr., and Ephraim, in order TO Sc
cure the payment Of large sum Of mon
ey, The precise sum the orator is unable
to state,) which said Ephraim, Jr., oweJ
said Fletcher, conveyed TO said Fletcher
by deed absolute upon it's face, certain
lands described in deed TO the orator
herein after set forth ms follows, viz "FouI
certain pieces mr. parcels OF land lying aud
being in Whiting, Addison county, Yer.
NOM, and bounded and described as fol.
lows: The first piece, bounded North BY
hStlltl JANUS, lSdet ny thlNll
Hubbard Jr's land, the mail stage road
and Riley Woodlands land, South by
lands OF John Needham, Arnon Needham
and Asahel Hubbard, on the West by
Fl irley G.. Fosters lands, containing 1--we
hundred acres, be the same more or less
The second piece bounded " esi by the
mai stage road, North and East by land
of Calvin Hubbard, Jr., and South by Ar
non Nccdham's land, containing eigh
acres more or less. The third piece bound
ed North by ArHon Necdham's land. Eas
& South by lands Of John Needham, &iWes
by mail stage road, containing one acrt
more or less. The fourth piece BOUNDED
South by William Hunsdon's land, Eas
and partly South by lands owned by heir
of Augustus Munger. North and parrl,
East by lands Of Asahel Hubbard, Yves
by land of Calvin Hubbard, j., lying il
the swamp and containing about thirty
three acres more OF lcss, That somellm,
in March, 1850, said Ephraim, Jr., repre-
| senlinQ that he was the owner Of said lands
applied 10 the orator, and 10 induce him Il
purchase the same AT a certain price pc
acre, represented that said parcels seTe
rally contained the number OF acres men
Toned in the above description, and iha
| they all together contained AT least 81,
acres, and if accurately surveyed woul,
nverrun that quantity, thIl there was n,
nee essily of a survey, Ina, the orator wouli
be gamer TO take the whole at 2i2 acres
and that said Ephraim, Jr., would warran
that there was that quantity and more
Thai a part Of il was swamp land aud ha,
standing and growing upon il large mum
ber-al least l00-ol valuable pine trees
and that he had heen offered by Lyman p
| White, a dealer in humber, 500 dollars lol
The pine timber on said land; That said
| Ephraim, Jr., took the orator TO see SAD
land, and pointed out 10 him nj least lot
valuable pine trees on said land, which sad
| Ephraim, Jr., declared, and the Orator (nol
being acquainted with The lines) supposed
| to be pari ofthe premises above described
that relying upon these representations
the orator agreed 10 purchase said lands
at the above estimate OF 2i2 acres, and 10
pay said Ephraim Jr., 26 dollars sc cents
per acre for the same, making the whole
amount 10 be paid by the orator therefor
$500 dollars. That afterwards said Eph
rain, Jr., informed The orator that the title
TO said lands was 10 SAID Charpplin NJ
Fletcher, ard that il would he necessary Ia
have added from him, and they therefore
agtsed 10 meet at Whiting on The "a day