M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-03-05
LEGAL NOTICE.
THE TATE OF OHIO VINTON COUNT
In COURT OF COMMON PIE.

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III COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
William Stevens, tlttfl
| vs., Civil action
William Bray,
Joseph Hanen, and Defts.l Petition,
George W. Johnston,
JOSEPH HANEN, of Washington county il
q the State OF Ponnsy will! take notice
That William Stevens, of the COrnty of Vinton
in the State of Ohio, did Oh. the 18th day of Feb
urary 1868, file his Petition in the Clerks office
OF the aforesaid court, within and for said Vim.
ton county, against said Joseph Hanen, William
Bray and George W. Johnston, as partners trad
ing under the firm, lame OF IIunen, Bray a
Co, deiendcnts, setting forth among other
things that on the 25th day of December 1862
deieudents were dealers in sheep, that to induce
the plaintiff to buy, defendents represented
their sheep 10 be thorough bred spanish sheep
brought directly from the State of Vermont
that The grown sheep were worth twenty dol
lars per head, of the very best quality known
that they would shear from six to ten lbs o
wool annually, that some of them, to the know
ledge Of said Hanen and Bray, had actually
yielded the previous spring ten lbs the growth
of single year.
| That the plaintiff was ignoront of the quality
OF said sheep. and relying wholly upon the re-.
presentations Of said Hanen and Bray bought
Cne hundred head OF said sheep, relying as afort
said upon the representations Of deiendents as t.
breed, quality, value, age, and condition OIL
said sheep, that plaintiff agreed to pay the same
in wool, to Hanen, Bray & Co., for which he
gave his five obligations payable on the first
day OF July in each Of the years 1868, 1854, 1865
1865 aud 1851, for eight lbs of wool an
unally, that plaintiff should have the ivlege o.
cancelling said contractif he should become dit
satisfied herewith
| That plaintiff sold cattle for seventy dollars tc
said hrm, and that the same was credited on onC
I OF said obligations coming due July lst lS6S.-
II ut nll Of sald representations Of defendenti
were fal lSe and fraudulent. and made to cheat
and detraud the plaintiff as defendants well
knew, that said sheep were not thorough bred
spanish, nor of the age represented, of no great
eI value than from Two to three dollars per head
That their fleeces will not be more than from onC
aud one half to four lbs per head, that many o.
them were so old as to be worthless sc. that
plaintiff requested defendenls to take back sale
sheep, and deliver up said obligations.
That said Hanen does not reside in the State
ofOhio, and said firm has no office or place o.
Business in said State, that said obligations are
in said Brays possession. And that the keep.
ing OF said sheep il worth one dollar per day
| from the 25th day of December 1852.
Which said petition contains Prayer.
That the said firm Of Hanen, Bray & Co., anc
each of the members thereof, nay be enjoned
and restrained from assigning transferring or IN
any manner d,sposng Of said FIVE obligations
or either Of them, that they may be compelled
to recind said contract, to deliver up and can.
eel said obligations, to take back said sheep, u
refund TO the plaintiff the sum of seventy dol
lars paid as aforesaid in cattle, With interest
and to pay the plaintiff for his trouble and ex
pence not less than one dollar per day for keep.
ing said sheep, and for such other relief as n az
be according 10 equity.
Said defendants will also take notice that an
injunction has been allowed in said cause.
McClihtick, Smith, WILLIAM STEVENS,
q Bratton. attys for Pltff. Feb. 26th-63-6w