Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-04-27
LEGAL NOTICE.

.-TTENRY b. MAIN, of New York city, in th,
Ill State Of New York, will take notice, tha
John Cook, Of tho County Of Meigs, in the Stat.
of Ohio, did, on the 9th day Of April, AID 1855
file his petition in tho Court of Common Pleas
within and for the county of Meigs, in said State
of Ohio, against the said Henry b. MAIN, set
ting forth, !" That the said Henry B. MAIN, on
or about the LIST day of April, A. D. 1859, wat
seized in fee simple Of certain tracts Of land sit.
uate in Megs county, Ohio that the said Henry
B. Mahn did then agree to sell, and did sell to
the said John Cook the following tracts Of land
lying in said County of Meigs, as aforesaid, to
wit; being eighty rods in width from the south
aide of tho east half of section number eighteen
(1S), in town number four (4), ofrange number
eleven Q1, being eighty acres, more or less, and
boing the same roal estate conveyed to the said
Henry B. MAIN by Major Reed and wife, by deed
dated June 2, AID. 1859 also, the following de-
scrbed real estate, to wit: The north half of the
southeast quarter OF section number eighteen (lS)
in town number four (4), range number eleven
1l), containing ninety acres, more or less, being
the same roal estate conveyed to the said Henry
h. MAIN by Robert NJ. Marquis and wife, by
deed dated May 20, A. D. 1859, for tho sum Of
mine hundred dollars, payable three years from the
date of said sale, with six per cent interest," and
on payment Of said sum Of money to convey said
Z real estate In fee simple to said John Cook by
deed Of general warranty" The said John Cook
further showeth in his said petition that under
the said contract Of sale, he took possession of
the said real estate, and has since remained in
possession thereof, by and with the assent and
Y permission of tho said Henry B.. Main, and has,
with the like assent and permission, made last
! ing and valuable improvements thereon, and that
since said sum of nine hundred dollars became
duo with interest, to wit, on the 23d day of
March, A. d. 1868, he paid to the said Henry B.
MAIN the sum of three hundred dollars, which
sum was applied in satisfaction of the amount
- due on said sale. The said John Cook further
showeth in his said petition, that on the 28th
day of February, A. d. 1865, he offered and ten
dered to the said Henry d. Main the sum of
1898 90, the amount then due on said contract
of sale, and requested him to receive the same
and to execute and deliver deed of general war
ranty, duly prepared and presented to the said
Henry B. MAIN, with said sum of money, TO Con-
vey said premises to the said John Cook, accord
ing to said agreement all of which the said Hen
ry B. MAIN wholly refused to do.
The said Henry B. MAIN is further notified,
that said John Cook has deposited in the Court of
Common Ploas within and for said Meigs county,
Ohio, with his said petition the said sum of
1898 90, together with the said deed prepared as
aforesaid. is.
Said John Cook praying in his said petition
that said Henry B. MAIN may be adjudged to re-
ceve said sum of 1898 90, and to execute and de-
liver the said deed of conveyance so prepared
and convey the said premises to the said John
Cook in fee simple by deed of general warranty.
And the said Henry B. MAIN is notified that
he is required to appear and answer said petition
on or before the third Saturday after the 18th
day of May next JOHN COOK,
By LEWIS PAINE, his Attorney.
Dated April 10, 1865. [l5-Gtl