The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-07-25
LEGAL.
NOTICE.

N GORGE HERSE, TRUSTEE OF STE
~ venson d Nessmith, McCally d Herse
Jacob a. Jones d Co, Reed Brothers d Ca.
Wilcox, Rogers Il Paaley, Atwood O. Co., r
J. Patterson d Co., James Lucas d Lafever d
LorseIl of the city of Philadelphia, will take
notice, that on the Both day of June 1855,
George w. Bassford, as Plaintiff, filed in the
Court of Common Pleas of Ashland County,
Ohio, his Petition, and the same is now pend
ing, wherein the above named parties and Rob
ert McMahan, Samuel Meng and Luther
Grail Il Co are made parties Defendant, which
Petition among other things alleges, that on
the 3lst day of May 1854 the said Robert Nc
Mahan executed and delivered to Plaintiff a
Mortgage Deed on the following described
premises situate in Ashland County Ohio, to
wit; Being a fraction of the s. W. or. of Sec.
8: Township 81, Range 10. The place of be-
ginning may be found by tracing through the
centre of Main street of the Town of Jerome
vile a line bearing S. 71o, W. Is perches be-
y1nd the Plat of'said town thence S. $50 /;
W, z 5-I0 perches thence s.. S1o, East 8
Perches; thence n. $50, W. A $40 perches !;
thence s. lilo, W. 5 perches to the place of be-
ginning, containing Is 6-1O perches.
Also fraction of said or. beginning at a
corner oil land m said or: owned by Richard
HargraYe, running N. on theW. line thereof 95
perches TO a corner of land owned bT Joseph
McComb thence s. $50, E.. 81 perches to
corner of land last mentioned ; thence S. 400,
Z. 80 perches and 5 Pins to a corner of land
owned by the said McComb and Henry Dubbs.
Thence continuing the same course i3 chains
to the line of said Hargraves land near the Mo
hecan-creek thence s. 7Io, W. Z chains and
D Pins, bounding on and running with the last
line TO n corner thence S. $50, W.
60 perches and 6 Pins still running with and
bounding on said line of land owned by said
to the place of beginning, containing |
1734acres more or less. Also a fraction of the
or. beginning at n certain Township road
formerly a corner of land owned by said Nc
Comb, being also the N. W. corner of land
herein conveyed, running thence S 400, E. 10
perches to a corner on the E. and W. line of
owned by said Hargrave 6 perches and 5
Pins thence N. 80 W. IL perches and 8 Pins,
unning with and bounding. on the W. side of
he addition to the Town of Jeromeville
o the N. line of said Town Plat, being
lso the s.. line of the Towsnhip Road
before referred to thence along said Road
Ito, w. 10 perches and 6 Pins to the
'lace of beginning, containing LOG perches of
and; also Lots No. 81, SO, 81 and 81 in said
Town of Jeromeville-to secure the payment of
Note due from said McMahan to said Plain
lift of $500. That on the 21st day of June
S54 said McMahan executed and delivered to
Plaintiff a certain other Mortgage to secure the
UNI of $4,000 on the same premises. That
'riOr to said Mortgages said McMahan had ex-
cuted and delivered to one Samuel. Meng a
Mortgage for some $500, and on the same
lay Plaintiffs, last Mortgage was executed
aid McMahan also executed and delivered u
to Luther, Grail d Co., for some
1000 That subsequent to all of said Mort
ages, to wit, in July 10th 1854, said McMa-
an executed and delivered a Deed of Trust to
lid George Herse for the benefit of said firms
residing in Philadelphia, who holds
he title conveyed by said Deed of Trust sub
ct to the liens aforesaid held by said Mortga-
ees.
The object and prayer of said Petition is to
~rcclose Plaintiffs Mortgages and to compel
lie said several lien holders to marshal the
me, that the several amounts and priorities
ay be aseertained, and to obtain an order that
e Premises aforesaid be sold and the proceeds
,plied in discharge of said liens according to
cir priority. Said Defendants are further no
fed, that unless they appear and answer said
stition by the Goth day of August next, a
ccree will b. takena against them accordingly.
j. W. SMITH, Plff's Atty.
July 2, 1855. CIV.