Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-05-15
No. l75.
No. f15.
Louis MANNING,
"a.
MURPHY MATHEW.

LOUIS MANNING,
MURPHY MATHEW.
THE STATE or TEXAS.
To The SheriF Of 7srant county Gr"hngs-
NOU are hereby commanded that you
4 summon by publication in the Dallas
Herald, newspaper published in the Town
Of Dallas, Dallas county Texas, there being
no newspaper published in this county,
Murphy Matheny, who is a non resident Of
this State; to be and appear before the Dis
trct Court to he holden in and for the
county Of Tarrant at the Court House there
Of, in the town Of Fort Worth, on the 9th
Monday after the 4th Monday in March
A. d. 1861; then and thorc to answer the
petition of Lewis Manning, filed in said
Court against the said Murphy Matheng
and alledging in substance as follows to-
wit: in the year A. d. 1860, and for sever
al years previous to that time, the plainti6
and defendant and one Preston b. Manniny
were partners &c., doing business in the
Town of Woodville, county Of Marshall
and State of Alabama, under and by the
name, firm and sty'r of Manning, Matheny
& Co., and on the 10Th day of January A.
D. 1861 the partnership existing between
the parties, was dissolved by consent and
the said Plaintiff and Preston b. Manning
transferred and delivered to said Matheny,
all the effects books &C., due said firm and
the said Matheny obligated himself to pay
off certain debts due from said firm, and to
pay to plaintiff for a certain negro slave
having been sold by the Sheriff to sntisfy
an execution against the said firm, the said
defendant slss bound himself to pay to the
plaintiff one third Of all the expenses and
costs of suit, expended by plaintiff in Mt
tending the suit and sale of said negro, the
total amount of which plaintiff AYERS to DO
one hundred dollars. The defendant also
agreed to pay to plaintiff, all money which
mi ght have been applied, from the proceeds
of said sale to the payment of debt due
from said firm to William Echols, oil Of
which was specified in the articles Of agree
ment entered into and signed by all the
parties of the firm, that the said several
sums OF money are due and unpaid. Plain
tiff further states that defendant has ne
property known to plaintiff in the State OF
Alabama, wherewith to satisfy said debt
and that said defendant is the owner Of .
certain negro slave of the value OF eight
hundred dollars, and child of the value
Of two hundred dollars, wherefore, petition
er brings suit and prays for citation BY
publication for writ Of attachment, for
judgment &C., &c.
Herein fail not but have You then and
there before said court this writ with your
action, showing how you have executed tho
same.
- Attest, W. B. Tucker, Clerk OF
SEAL the District Court Of Tarrant
W. County. Given under my hand
and seal of said Court, at Office in the town
of Fort Worth, this Goth day of March A. D.
1861.
w.B. TUCKER, Crk, Dist. Court,
". Tarrant County Texas.
BY W. W. WEATHERED, Deputy.
Issued March Goth 1861
W. b. TUCKER, Clerk.
Como 10 hand March the 18th A. d. 1851
and executed March the 26th 1861, by or
dering this writ to be published in the Dali
las Herald, q newspaper published in tho
county of Dallas, for four successive weeks
there being no newspaper published IN the
W.O. YANTIs
0H 'H Sheriff 7arraat Co., 7ss-
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