M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-03-12
LEGAL NOTICE.
THE STATE OF OHIO vINTON COUNTY,
IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
1, 1963--1yr

THE STATE OF OHIO VINTON COUNTY,
IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS:
Aaron stovens..' PltG
william Bray, y" 'i0n'
Joseph Hanen andy Defts p
George W. Johnstony
JOSEPH HANEN, of Washington county in
q the State OF PennsEJ va1l, will take nosite
That Aaron SteysesspiotSl1 inly'' Of yint6n in
the Statsof Ohm, did o1i- -tfc 18th day of Febur-
airy 1863 file his petition in the Clerks office
the aforsOid Court, within and for said Vim
ton county, against said Ipe6k IIanen, william
Bray and George W. J9 ; etayIas partner, trad
ing under the iirm, nGIi - IAN ,n ,.Rfy & q,
Defendants, setting rrft g'among oe'er afiinR.
Tllat On the 25th day ofDe .ember 1862, dcfen-
dents.weSe dealers in sheep, that to induce the
Plaintiff to.buy, deiendents represented their
sheep to be thorough bred Spanish sheep, from
Washington county Pennsylvania that they were
Of tire very ybcst quality, that defendants, had
paid twenty dollars per head for some of said
sheep. That said sheep would shear from five
to ten lbs of wool, &c. That plaintiff relying
wholly on the representations of defendants
bought eighty head of said sheep, to be ono
year old in spring Of 1868, at sum Of sl7, 80
per head. That in payment for said eighty
head of sheep, plaintiff paid defendent one hun
dred and nineteen acres af real estate situated in
Vinton county, described as follows, to- wit:
Tne north west quarter of the south west quar-
ter of Section number four, in Township num-
Der nine, of Range number nineteen; the north
east quarter of the south east quarter of Section
number four, in Township nu nber nine, of
Range number nineteen, aud the west quarters,
Of the south west quarter, Of section number
four, in Township number nine, of Range num-
Der nineteen, eleven head of cattle at seventy
eight dollars; and five notes signed by plaintiff,
for two hundred and ten lbs OF wool, the first
payajl on the LIST day Of July 1868, and the
other four payable on the LIST of July. for the
same amounts, in each Of tho years 1854 1865,
1866 and 1867. That the decd for said realty
was executed and delivered to William Bray,
the Cattle aud notes delivered to defendants,
That said notes were drawn so as TO make plain.
tiff pay one hundred and five dollars, with the
privilege fpaying same in wool. That all of
the aforsaid representations Of the defendants
Eere false and fraudulent, as defendants we'll
knew, and that they intended to defraud plain
tiff. That said sheep were not thorough bred
Spanish sheep sc. That said Joseph Hanen,
does not reside in the State of Ohio, and that
said deiendents have no Office OF egular pace
of business therein. That plaintiff has kent
said eighty head of sheep since the 25th day Of
December 1852, that the said keeping is worth
81 90 per day, that said Bray, is lin posses
sion af said obligations. which said petition
contains Prayer, that said William Bray,
may be cnjo.Ged anu restained from conveying
said ealestate, and that the dcfendents and
each Of them may be enjoined from assigning
or transferring or in any manner disposeing Of
said obligations or either Of them, that they
may be compelled to recinl said contract, de-
liver up and cancel said obligations. restore
said cattle or the value thereof with interest to
take bs k said sheep or lambs, that defendants
pay said plaintiff for keeping said sheep. that
defendent Bray may be compelled to reconvey
said real estate TO plaintiff, AID for such other
relief as MAJ be according to equity.
Said defenoent will also take notice that an
Injunction has been allowed in said cause.
McCliniick, Smith AARON STEVENS,
q Bratton, att'ys for Pltff. Feb. 26th-6S-6w.