M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-04-09
LEGAL NOFaCE.
THE STATE Of OHIO yINTON COUNTY,
IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Petition.
Aaron Stevens Pliff,

Aaron Stevens Ptf.
W Petition.
william Bray,
Joseph llanen andf DefsL
George W. John,toul
JOSEPH HANEN, Of Washington county In
81 the state ot fGunNylvHnia, will take notice
mat AarOY Stevens of the County Of Niuton in
the State Ol Ohm, did on tho 18Th day of Fehur-
ary 1863, tilc hiS petition in the Clerks office
lot the NturSuid Court, within aud for said VIn-
.on County against said Joseph llancn, William
Bray and George W. Johnston uS partner, trad
ing under the trm, name oi liau.n. Bray ~ u.
DclcndcntS, sc,Liug f'Ith among otter things.
hat on the 10Th day Of Dc .embcr 1862 detuu-
dents were dealers III sheep, that to induce the
Plaintiff to buy, dolendents represented their
sheep to BIZ thorough bred Spanish sheep, from
WashingtCn county Pcnnsy lvauiu that they were
Of tho very best quality. THAI deiendcnts, had
paid twenty dollnrs per head for sOiEe ofsaid
sheep. That said ,heep would shear from five
JU ten lbs Of wool, SC That plaintiff relying
wholly ON the rep eSentatiUns OF dvfcndGnts
bought eighty head OF said sheep, to be one
| ear old in spring Of 1868, at sum Of $l7, 81
| per head That in payment for said eighty
head Of sheep, plaintiff paid detendent one hun
dred and nineteen acres at real estate situated in
VintOm county, described ~ follows, TO- wit:
! Tae north west quarter,o of thesUuth west quar-.
/
Der nine, OF Rang; number nineteen; the north
east quarter OF the south cast quarter of Section
number four, in Township MI nbor rine, of
| Range number nineteen, aud tho west quarters,
OF the south west quarter, OF section number
Hour, i'll Township numblr nipe, OF Range num-
Der nineteen, eleven bead of cattle ut seventy
eight dollars; and five notes sigLed by plaintiff,
for Two hundred and ten lbs OF wool, the first
lpayaJl on the lst day of July 1868, and the
I.r fnpr In - I'll. a..
same amounts, in each fthJ years 1864, 1865
tSd6 and 1857. That the decd for said realty
was executed and delivered tJ william Bray
the Cattle al d notes delivered to defundcnts
hat said notes were drawn so rs to make plain
III pay one hundred aud five dollars, with the
privilege Of paying same in wool. That all Of
tile aforesaid representations Of the defendants
'Crc false and fraudulent. as defendants well
knew, aud that ;hOy intended to defraud plain
tlH That said sheep were not thorough bred
Spanish sheep Sc, That said Joseph Hanen.
iOes not reside in the State OF Ohio, and thar
said doiendents have no Office or regular pace
lof business therein. That plaintiff has kept
said eighty head Of sheep since the 25h day of
December 1862, that the said keeping is worth
Sl,nO per day, that said Bray, is still in posses
sion af said obligations. which said petition
contains Prayer, that said William Bray,
may he cnjG. G.Ged ana restained from conveying
said real estate, and that the defendants and
each Of them may he enjoined from assigning
or transferring or in any manner disposeing OF
said obligations or either of them, that they
may he compelled TO recinI said contract, de-
iiverup and cuncel said obligations, restore
said cattle or the value thereof with interest, to
takeba X said sheep or lambs, that defendents
Ipay said plaintiff for keeping said sheep that
,leicndent Bray may be compelled to reconyey
said real estate to plaintiff, ID for such other
9 relief as MAJ he according to equity.
Said defen6ent will also tako notice that an
injunction has been allowed in suid cause.
! McClintick, Smith AARON STEVENS,
& Bratton, att'ys for Pltf. Feb. 26th-G3-6w.