Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-02-20
State of Vermont.
JULIUS II. BOsrWlCk, ! In Chancery,
vs..
CHRISTOPHER BROOKS, Chittenden Count

CHRISTOPHER BROOKS, Chittcnden County,
and
JOHN j. BROOKS. March Term, 1851
WHEREAS, the said julius H. Bostwick, has
presented his petition in Chancsry, returnabo to
a term of said Court, to be holden at Burlington,
within and for tho County Of Chittenden, on the
3lst day Of March, 1857, against the said Chris
TOPPER and John j. setting forth substantially that
on the LIST day of March. 1850, tho said Christo-
pher executed to the petitioner a mortgage deed
of certain piece of land in Jericho, in said Coun-
~ to wit 1t being one half acre Of land with
building thereon standing and his adjoining
lands of the said Julius II. Bostwick, south and
west north by Rufus Brown and Sarah Sharp. and
west, by the highway, and is the came piece ofland
that the said BOstwick sold to the said Brooks in
May, lSiS, to secure payment certain pro-
missory note remaining unpaid and dated on the
LIST day of March, 1850, given for one hundred
dollars, and payable to Julius n. postwick or
order and executed by Christopher Brooks, and
payable by the lst day Of December, 1850, with
interest. and further setting forth that the said
Christopher and wife, executed on tho sth day Of
January, 1851, in due form, n warfantee deed
with the usual covenants to the said John j. the
above described land and premises and further
setting forth that the said Julius IT, by his quit
claim deed, executed ON the Both dayof March 1853
quit-climel to the said John j. part of the above
described land to wit IL certain parcelot land in
said Jericho, described as follows commencing
at the north westerly corner of piece Of land
Christopher, thence running castcrly four rods to
a corner, thence southcry PARALLEL with the ives
terly line Of said last, far enough 50 that line
running back parallel with the northerly line to
the westerly line shall contain fourteen rods, be
the same more or less and further setting fourth
that on the 30th day Of March, 1858, the said
John j. Luly executed to the petitioner mort
gage deed Of a certain piece of land in said Jeri
cho, described "a follows being part Of the land
owned by the said John ] at the time this mort
var no tvog ltrIa nd haip tIa tpa Il, nd
decided to the said John J. by Luther Brown, by
his deed bearing date March 29th, 1858, and sup
posed to contain about fourteen rods, to secure the
payment Of the three certain proni3sory notes.
the first of which is not paid. said note bearing
date March LIST, 1850. payable to Julius ii. Bost-
wick order, executed for one hundred dolllrs
with interest by Christopher Brooks, and payable
by the LIST day of December. 1850. And further
setting forth that on the sth day Of April, 1854.
the said John J. executed his certain other mort
gage deed, to the petitioner, Of the following des
cribed lands in said Jericho il being the same
land decd by Julius II Bostwick, to Christopher
Brooks on the lst day Of March, 1850. also one
other piece of land on which the said Christopher
now lives, both pieces suppose to contain one half
acre, to secure one promssOry note bearing date
the sth day Of April, Est, and payable to Julius
II. Bostwck, bearer executed for seventy eight
dollars and interest, by John j. Brooks and pay
able on the lst day of Dec ,mber, 1884, and pray
ing for foreclosure Of said mort ges in his be-
half And il appearing that the said John j =.
Brooks resides out of this State, so that a sub
poena cannot be served on him. 1t IL ordered
that the said John J. Brooks appear ia court at
the time and plscc above named to make answer
to sud petition hereof be male in the Burlington
Free Press public newspaper published at said
burlington, for three weeks successfully, the last
Of which publications shah be at least twenty Days
previous to said thirty first day Of March, 1857.
Dated at Burlington this 18th February, A. D.
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w3iw3 j. :. ADAMS. Clerk.