Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-09-28

MELZAR NYE, Jr., vs.. Thomas ID. Sar-
.lu geut--Meigs Common Pleas Petition to
tOTecose Mprtgngc--ThOmaS ID. Sargent, OF
the ST. ic Of NtglIia viii take notice, that
Ne LIAR Nye, Jr, OF the County Of Meigs and
Stale OF OHIO, aid on tie 26th day OF August
"a. Il. eighteen hundred and lfty. eight. file his
petition in the Court of Common Pleas, with
in and for the said County Of MGigS and State
Of Ohio against the said Thomas ID. Sargent,
setting forth. that on the 18th day OF June a.
Il. eighteen hundred and fifty five, a written
contract was entered into between the said
Nye, and the said Sargent, by whic said Nye
agreed 10 advance money, To pay the debts
not to exceed S3.00O.u0, contracted by said
Sargent, III purchasing and building The
Shady Cove Salt Works. situate in said McigS
County, and also to advance money to com
pie te said alt Works, aud TO operate tie same
in the manu- factoring OF Salt for the term of
Sargent bound himself to repay To said Nye
al the expiration of said term Of three years
he money so 10 be paid and advanced, with
interest AT the rate of ten per cent per annum
from the time SAID payments aud advances
should be made, and also. to pay said Nye
s 900 90 per year for his services IN Surerin-
tending said Sail Works, to be pni yearly at
the end Of each year, during said term; anil
10 secure the re-pa ,lnent of the money, SO To
be paid, and advanced by said Nye, aud TIE,
payment Of his said yearly salary of 81 .0CO
pc, year, said Thomas ID. Sargent did, on the
l1th day OF February IL. d. e!g htcen hundred
| fifty six, execute and deliver TO said Mel
Ear Nye, Jr., q mortgage OH the following
| lands, situated III the Countics of Me.gs aud
| Gallia, aud described a5 fol lows. 20 wit: One
undivided half Of all that one hundred acre
lot, No. 372, III section 4 +, township S, and
range 1 ] which lies in Gallia County; also
! all oI the one undivided half of one hundred
acre lot, No. 376, lying in the Counties o.
MeigS and Gallia, in sections NuS. 8, 33 anC
"a, in Tow wnshlpS, Nos. aud 5, in Ranges
! Nos. 13 and !, in the Ohio Company's pur
| chase, excepting about seven or eight acre
sold b. said Sargent and one J C1ornbs Il
| the Leadington Salt Company. Said petition
| further sets forth, that there is now due flOn
the said Sargent to the said Nyc, for none,
paid and advanced by said Nye, for said Sar
gent, under said contract, aud for the sal,
yearly salary of the said Nye, the sum o
Sl2.95:.72, aud Large amount Of interest
which said sum and interest is covered b,
said mortgage. Said petition prayS iudgmc
against the said Thomas ID. Sargent, for tn,
said sum of = .. .95I 70 with interest on 81 OO
at tho rate Of ten per cent per aunuln, from
the 10Th day of June a. d. eighteen humdre,
and fifty six, and on s 900 a the rate Of te
per cent per annum, from the 18th day of um
a. d. eighteen bundled fifty. seven, and o
4 81 .OUO, al the ratio Of ten per cent per ann nm
from the 10Th day Of June a Il. eighteen hun
dred and fifty eighI, and ON the rcsidu
S9.55l .72, at he rate Of ten per cent per an
mum, from November 9th i. d. eighteen hun
| dred and flty-fve, and that said mortgage
pr, misses may be sold to pay the same. Tn
said Th omnS ID. Sargent Is notified that he
! required to appear and answer said petito
on or before the third Saturday after The at
day of October next.
... J. BRADBURY,
Aug. 81 35-6t-StQ.50. Att'y. for Plaintiff.