Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-05-01
THE STATE or TENAS.

THE STATE Of lENAS.
To Tie Sheriff IF Dallas county, Greetings
NN II. WITT citizen Of said county
w Plaintiff, has instituted suit in the
District Court thereof, against c. I. Self
and r. T. Mortin, Defendants, and alleges
in his petition, in substance as follows:
That on the 18th day of December 1859,
the said defendants made, executed and de-
livcrcd to Solomon Scribncr, their promis-
sorry note in writing by which defendants
became indebted and promised to pay to
said Scribncr on or before the 1st day of
October 1860, the sum of six hundred dol
lars for value received, bearing ten percent
interest from maturity, which said note is
made part of said petition. That on the
day of tie said Scribncr transfers.
cd said note to petitioner for valuable
consideration, that by the execution and
delivery as aforesaid, and the transfer of
said note by said Scribncr to plaintiff, the
said defendants became indebted to plain
tiff in the sum specified in the note with
the interest specified therein. That the
note was executed and delivered for and in
consideration of two tracts of land, land
for the purchase money thereof, which is
described as follows $3.50 acres out of the
Sc. corner of 476l acre survey, made in
the name of A. W. Perry, by virtue Of his
Colonial headlight, in Section No. b Town.
ship No. North West of the lst princl-
pal Meridian. And 10 acres out of the
North half of 4S0 acre survey made to
Pres ton Witt; commencing at the SW. corr
ner of North half, running East 10 the SW.
corner of n 5 acre tract, sold by A. W. Per-
nv to NJ. j. Bazc thence North to said
Bowls NV. corner; thence East passing
n. corner of said Bazcs D acre survey, to
the NE. corner of acre tract, sold by
said Perry to John Huffman; thence North
and West and South to the place of bcgih-
ming, so rs to contain 10 acres That said
note has long been due, and that defend
ants have failed and refused to pay off and
discharge the same or any part thereof cx-
ccpt the sum Of seventy ,t.cc!'.irs, which is
endorsed upon said rotc-and that the res
idcncc of defendants are unknown.
Plaintiff pravs for citation to defendants
for Indictment for said six hundred dollars,
lcxccnt seventy dollars endorsed as credit
ON the back of the note, and for interest
thcrcon at ten per cent, and for forcclosing
of vendors lcin upon said described lahd,
for costs and for general relief.
You are therefore commanded to notify
said Defendants, G. 7. Self and i. T, Nor
tin, by making publication as the law d.
reefs, to be and appear lerorc the District
Court of said County on the LIST day of the
next Term thereof to be held at the Court
House in the Town of Dallas, on the s'I'
Monday after the 4ih Monday in \ March are
1861, then and there to answer said petit
Is Witness Ed. c. Browder Clerk
(sEAI,1 of the District Court of said
,(ISO county. and the impress of the
seal of said court hereon made: Giyem I'M
der my hand this ga day e. q = A llp LOU iool'
Issued April % 1851. 49,,
Came to hand same LAY issued and exc
cutcd hy ordering publication In tile Dali
las Herald, for four successive weeks. This
22d day of April't. y. 1861.
29:4t. ALLEN BEARD, Sheriff D. c.