The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-04-30

Abram +. Ellsworth,
Ephtaim Moul,oo, Jr, Addison County
Ephraim Moulton,
Champlin M. Fletcher, ] In CHANcERr.
Ozias Seymour, and
Alexander E. Briggs.
Abram +. Ellsworth, of Whiting, in the
County Of Addison, having this day filed
with me, his bill in Chancery. against
Ephraim Moulton, Jr.. Ephraim Moul.on.
and Alexander E. Briggs, all formerly Of
said Whiting, but now gone 10 parts I'M
known, and Champln NJ. Fletcher, of Or.
well. and Ozias Seymour. of Middle bury.
in said county: Setting forth 10 substance.
That on the 28lh day Of August. ls4S, said
Ephraim, Jr., and Ephraim, in order TO Sc
cure the payment Of large sum Of mon.
ey, (lhe precisa sum The orator is unable
to state.l which said Ephraim, Jr., owed
said Fletcher, conveyed TO said Fletcher,
by deed absolute upon its face, certain
lands described in deed 10 the orator,
herein after set forth ms follows, viz "Four
certain pieces or parcels Of land lying aud
being in Whining, Addison county, Yer
mont, and bounded and described as fol-
lows: The first piece, bounded North BY
Asahel Hubbard's lands, East by Calvin
Hubbard Jr.'s land, the mail stage road
and Riley WOodiord's land. South by
lands OF John Needham, Aruon Needham,
and Asahei Hubbard. on the West by
Harley G.. Fosters lands, containing two
hundred acres, be the same more or less
The second piece bounded W est by the
mail stage road, North and East by land.
Of Calvin Hubbard, Jr., and South by Ar :.
non Needhau's land, containing eight
acres more or less. The third piece bound
ed North by Arnon Merchants land. East
q South by lands Of John Ncedham, 6IWest
by mail stage road, containing one acre
more or less. The fourth piece bounded
South by William Hunsdon's land, East
and partly South by lands owned by heirs
OF Augustus Munger, North and partly
East by lands OF Asahel Hubbard, West
by land Of Calvin Hubbard, IT,, lying in
the swamp and containing about thirty.
three acres more or less That sometime
in March. 1850, said Ephraim, Jr., repre-
senilng that he was the owner OF said lands,
applied 10 the orator, and 10 induce him 10
purchase The same al certain price per
acre, represented that said parcels seye-
rally contained the number OF acres men
TONED in the above description, and that
they all together contained al least PAP
acres, and if accurately surveyed would
overrun that quantity, tina, there was no
necessity of a survey, that the orator would
be a gamer 10 take The whole al 242 acres,
and that laid Ephraiu. IT,, would warrant
| that there was that quantity and more:
That part Of II was swamp land aud had
standing and growing upon il a large num-
| ber--ai least 1000 valuable pine trees,
and that he had been offered by Lyman p.
White, dealer in lumber, 500 dollars loT
the pine timber on said land That said
Ephraim, Jr., took The orator 10 see said
land, and pointed out 10 him nj least 100
valuable pine trees on said land, which said
Ephraim, Jr., declared, and the orator (nol
being acquainted with The lines) supposed,
TO be parl Of the premises above described;
that relying upon these representations,
the orator agreed to purchase said lands
at the above estimate OF 242 acres, and TO
pay said Ephraim, Jr.. 90 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
10 said lands was in said Chsmplin N.
Fletcher, ard that il would he necessary 10
have deed from him. and they therefore
AGREED 10 meet at Whiting on the I'd day