Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-05-04
NOTICE.

M ADISOH DeCamp and Hampton DeCamp OF
Ill the state of Iowa, and John Newton DcCamI
Of the state of Indiana, and Martha Bold and
James Bold of the state of Pennsylvania, will
take notice, that Fireman H. DeCamp and John
Martin who was duly appointed the administra-
tors Of tho estate Of Runion DeCamp, deceased
did, on the fourteenth day of November, 1864
file their petition in the Court Of Common Pleas
within and for the county of Meigs in said state
OF Ohio, against the said Madison DcCamp,
Hampton DeCamp, John Newton DeCamp, Mar.
tina Bold and James Bold, who ore implicated
with Josephus c. DeCamp, Theron DeCamp and
Ann DeCamp, defendants, setting forth that Run
MON DeCamp, late of the county of Deleware, In
diana, have recently fallen heir at law to one
seventh part Of the estate Of Cephas DeCamp,
deceased, late of Meigs county aforesaid, and
that aaid Runion DeCamp, at the time Of falling
heir to said estate was then and for q long time
before menta tally unfit and wholly unable to trans
act any kind of business, and had no adequate
appreciation Of the value OF property or money,
and that the defendant, Josephua c. DoCamp,
having got control Of the said Runion DcCamp
on or about the eleventh day of November, 1868,
and well knowing the weak and feeble condition
Of the said Runion DeCamps mind, and then
and there designing unfairly with fraud and i'm
position to circumvent and deiraud the said Run
nion, did, on Or about said Ilth day OF Novem
ber, by fraud and imposition, induce the said
duly executed and delivered, all his interest and
claim in and to said undivided seventh part OF
the estate both real and personal, of said Cephas
DeCamp; that said estate of Cephas DeCamp was
worth about forty five thousand dollars, and that
said ono seventh being worth between six and
seven thousand dollars, and that said Josephus
c. Decamp, well knowing the mental capacity,
and the incoInpetency Of the said Runion Do
Camp to transact business, and that he was utter
ly unable to judge Of the value Of said undivided
seventh of said estate, and contriying and intend
ing to cheat and defraud said Runion DcCamp
unfairly, unjustly, and fraudulenuy induced the
said Runion DeCamp to sell and convey as afore
said all Of his, Runon's interest and right in
and to said undivided seventh part of said estate
10 him, the said Josephus c. DcCamp, for the
inadequate and improvident consideration Of
three thousand dollars, to be paid by him, the
said Josephus G. DeCamp, for which he gave his
several promissory notes, and that tho said lose
phus G.. DeCamp, at tho time Of making said
fraudulent purchase of the said Runion, well
know the value Of said undivided seventh part of
said estate, and that the said Runion DeCamp
has since died, leaving the plaintiffs, Fireman Ii.
DeCamp, and Josephus G. DeCpmp, Madison De-
Camp, John Newton DeCamp, Hampton DeCamp,
Theron DeCamp, Ann DcCamp and Martha Bold,
wife Of James Bold, heirs at law Of him, the said
Runion, and pray that an injunction may be
granted by the Court, njoining the said jose
phus G. DeCamp from receiving or interfering
with said one-seventh part of the effects, or any
part thereof of the effects of said real estate Of
said Cephas DeCamp, or of the proceeds of one
seventh part of tho personal property or any
amount belonging to the estate Of said Cephas
DeCamp, and that receiver be appointed to take
control Of the money and effects accruing from
said seventh part of the sale of said real estate,
and that on the final hearing of said cause that
said conveyance so as aforesaid fraudulently OBJ
tainsd may be pronounced null and void, and
wholly set aside, and that the injunction so as
Aforesaid prayed for may be made perpetual, ex-
ospting his, the said Josephus G. DeCamp's dis
tributive share of the estate of said Runion De-
Camp, and that the notes, so as aforesaid given
TO said Runion DeCamp by said Josephus De-
Camp, and in the hands of John Newton De-
Camp and Ann DeCamp, may be ordered to be
given up, Cancelled and wholly annulled, and that
said Madison DeCamp, Hampton DeCamp, John
Newton DeCamp, Martha Bold and James Bold
are-notifed. that they are required to appear and
answer said petition or before the third Satur.
day after the 4th day of May, A. D. 1865.
FIREMAN II. DECAMP anG
JOHN MARTIN,
Administrators Of Runion DeCamp, dec'd.,
By their Attorney, MARTIN HAYS.
March 20, 1866 [12-6t.