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

THE STATE OF OHIO VIYTON COUNTY,
IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
; William Stevens %,. F''f} oivi, action
William Bray, -
Joseph Hanon, and Defts. Petition,
|. George W. Johnston,
IOsEyA HANEY; of Washington GSCuntyhht
O thSStateOrFshdsylMifa, viii! take notice
tnat WI liam, stevens, of the Coz nty 0f.Yinton,
in the ftatr y Ohio did OF. the l9tlafay Of Feb
urary 1868, Tile his Petition in theElerks ofice
Of the Aforesaid court, within aud for said Vim
ton county against sIid J oseph lIanen, William
Bray and George W. Johnston, as partners trad
jiPRg.s uRbr Srhe firm, lame of Asa6n, BRAY &
thin things t6at on * s5sn Jay eSmber T[nS' i8Ss,
deiendenrs Wais dea lers il slcJt that to induce
the plainttN1 buy sdE1endents represented
their shee No be thStIlEn 31Pd spanish sheep
brought directly from the State Of VerIRent,
that the grown sheep were worth twenty dol
lars per h0ad, OF the very best quality known,
that they would shear from six to ten lbs OF
wool annually, thas some Of them, to the know
ledge of said llunen 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
enc hundred head OF said sheep, relying as afore
said upon the representations of defendents as to
breed, quality, value, age, and condition OF
said sheep, that plaintiff agreed opay the same
in wool, 10 Hanen ray Co., for which he
gave his five obi Ons payable on the first
day of July in each of the years 1868, 1864, 1865
1866 and 1857, for eight hundred lbs of wool an
unally. that plaintiff should have the iviegc of
cancellIng said contract if he should become di.
satisfied Herewith.
That plaintiff sold cattle for seventy dollars to
said irm, and that the sane was credited on one
OF said obligations coming due July LIST 1861
That all OF sald representations of defendants
were false 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 Ieuresented, of no great
or value than from Two to three dollars per head
That their iloeces will not be more than from one
aud one half to four lbs per head, that many of
them were so old as to be worthless &C. that
plaintiff requested dcfcndcnls to take back said
sheep, and deliver up said obligations.
That said llanen does not reside in the State
ofOhio, and said firm has ho office or place of
basness in said State, chat said obligations ale
in said Brays possession. And that the keep
ing ofsaid sheep ia 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., and
each of the members thereof, may be enjoined
and restrained from assigning transferring or n
any manner d.sposing of said five obligations,
or either o. them, that they may be compelled
to recnd said contract, to deliver up and can
eel said obligations, to take back said sheep, to
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 ay
be according 20 equity.
Said defendents will also take notice that an
injunction has been allowed in said cause.
McCliatick, Smith, WILLIAM STEVENS,
Bratton, attys for Pltf. Feb. 26th-6S-6w.