The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-07-19
MERCANTILE.


Eleanor Gruat, by Andrew
7. Church. her next In Court OF
friend, Plaintiff, Common Pleas
vs. of Geauga
Seth NJ. Baker, Truman County, Ohio.
Bill and Nicholas Groat, Civil action.
Defendants.
FTIIE defendant, Nicholas Groat, will
Il take notice that the plaintiff, on the
4th day Of May, 1861, filed in said Court q
petition against him and said other de-
fondanis, setting forth that said Nicholas
was married to said Eleanor prior to April.
l843, and lhey are now husband and wife.
Thst on the 9th day Of April. lS43, said
Nicholas,as tho agent merely ofsaid Eleanor.
and at her request, purchased Of one David
jenkins 40 acres of land in lot in Mont
Vile Township, in said County. That OF
the time the decd was to be executed for
said land, said Eleanor was sick ond unable
to attend TO tho business in person, and
she handed over to said Nicholas, ms her
! agent, Of her own separate money and
property, SI00 with which to pay for said
land and procure deed thereof to her.
That said Nicholas paid said jenkins said
SI00, said EloanOrs separate money aud
property, il being the entire consideration
for said land, aud to defraud said Eleanor
:oOk decd thereof in his own name vest
iuR tho tiile in himself. Tint said Eleanor
tor several years afterwards supposed said
deed was made to her, and MS soon as She
learncd tha, the deed was made 10 said
Nicholas, she requested him to execute such
convoyancos as would vest tho title in her
that he promised to do 40, but postponed
it from time to time. aud she has boon una.
BILE to induce him to convey to bor said
land. That said NichUlus, experimenting he
would be compelled TO pay certain debts on
which ho was liable as surety, on the 8sh
day Of May, 1857. and without the knOwl-
edge of said Eleanor, conveyed said AZ
acres of land to Seth NJ. Baker; that said
conveyance was without consideration 'und
void, and was made TO doiraud said Nicholas
creditors that the creditors OF said Nicholas
have not aud do not seek to reach said
land; that said Nicholas has abandoned his
family and residence in said Montyile. and
gone to parts unknown, and the said Flea
nor is In possession of said ~ acres OF
land. That said defendant, Truman Bill, on
the 9Th day Of June. 1859. recovered in the
Court Of Common Pleas of said County, a
judgment against said Baker, upon which
ho caused execution to issue and u levy to
bo made by the Sheriff of suiG County, ou
bhIu ~ uCTcb VI anu oaiu ouiy
advertised aud sold the same on the 22nd
day of April. 1861, to said Truman Bill
that said Bill when he bid on said land had
full knowledge of the rights of said Eleanor,
and that tho conveyance to said Baker was
fraudulent aud void.
Said petition prays that said Bill DO re-
strained from disposing of his pretended
title TO said lnnd, and from molesting or
disturbing said Eleanor in her possession
thereof, aud on final hearing be barred OF
all claim to the same; that the conveyance
from said Nicholas to said Baker he declared
void and wholly set aside. and the titlo to
said land decrced to said Eleanor, and for
other relief Said Nichnlas Groat is also
notified tina, he is required to answer said
petition on or before tho 10th day Of
August, 1861.
BISSELL & TINKER and
CANFlELD e. FRENCH,
Plaintiffs .Au'ys
Chardon June l4th 1861 b96w6