The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-07-28

Oh a L. 1000, Oe1Ore the Hon
<STIS> orable the Judges of the said Court:
On the petition Of Thomas III. Porter of the
county of CaiIeTia, and Charles B. Kennedy,
guardian of Thomas H. Porter, minor child of
William Porter, late of said county, deceased,
setting forth that John Moran, late of the said
county, died in or about the month of March A.
d. lS49, ntestate, and letters of administration
have been issued in due course of law, to Pat
rick MManamy, administrator of all and singu-
lar the goods, chsttels and estate of the said
John Moran, The said John Moran, in his life
time, to wit, on the Both day Of May, A d. 1910,
was seized in fee of and in q certain piece or
parcel of land situate in Washington township,
Cambria county, bounded and described fol-
lows: Beginning at post on line of other land
| of John Moran, thencesouth 81 degrees east, 10
perches to post, thence north "a degrees east,
76 perches to a hick, thence north "a degrees
west, 40 perches to small spruce, thence south
63 degrees west, 4 perches to the place of be-
ginning, containing "a acres and 152 perches
and allowance, beng part OF a tract of land war
ranted in name ofJoseph Dilworth. That being
SO seized the said ohm Moran did, by a bargain
or contract in writing, bind himself to sell and
convey the said piece or parcel of land with the
appurtenances, unto the said William Porter in
fee simple, and in consideration of the sum of
seven dollars per acre, to be paid to the said
John Moran. That subsequently to the above
bargain or contract the said William Porter, in
his lifetime, by parol agreement sold unto the
of the aforesaid piece or parcel of land, m con-
sideiation that the said Thomas III. Porter should
erect certain improvements thereon, which he
afterwards did. That the said William Porter
has since died leaving no widow, and but one
child above named. That the whole of the pur-
chase money waspaid to the said John Moran
in his lifetime, bu, died before executing deed
for the aforesaid premises, and that no sufficient
lprovision for the performance of the said bar
gain contract, appears to have been made by
the said deceased in his lifetime, though he was
well satisfied and intended that the same should
be consummated.
| And praying the Court to designate some day
certain, at which notice may be given TO the ad-
ministrator, and widow, and heirs of the said
deceased, to appear in your said Court and All
swer this blk or petition and furthermore, to
decree the specific performance of the said con-
tract according to the true intent and meaning
thereof in or to the completing their title accor-
ding to the act of Assembly, in such case made
and provided.
You, and every of you, the said administrator,
widow and heirs, are therefore hereby cited to
be and appear at an Orphans Court to be held
at Ebensburg in and for said county on the fifth
day of September, A. d. 1853, to shew cause il
you, or any of you have, why your should not
answer the premises, and abide such order and
decree as to the said Court may be agreeable to
equity and good conscience.
f Witness the Honorable George Taylor, Presi
? dent of our said Court at Ebensburg, the four
teenth day of June, A ID. 1858.
r. L. JOHNSTON, Clerk.
| Ebensburg. July 2l, 1888