Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-05-18
LEGaI, NOTICE,

TIENRY B. MAIN, Of New York city, in the
| Ill State of New York, will take notice, that
John Cook, of the County Of Meigs, in the State
of Ohio, did, on the 9th day of April, D. 1855,
IHlc his petition in thes Court Of Common Pleas,
within and for the'codnty of Ncigs Mn said State
of Ohio, against the said Henry B. Mahn, set
ting forth, "That the said Henry B. Mahn, on
Or about tho 1st day Of April, A. d. 1859, was
seized in fec simple Of certain tracts of land sit
uate in Meigs county, Ohio that the said Henry
u. 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
side ofthe east haf OF section number eighteen
! Q8), in-town number four (4), of fange number
eleven (ll), being eighty acres, more or less, and
being the same real estate conveyed to the said
Henry B. MAIN by Major Reed and wife, by deed
dated June 2, AID. 1859 also, the following de-
scribcd real estate, to wit Tho north half of the
southeast quarter of section numbereightecn klSl
Fin town number four (4), range number elcsenl
Cd, containing ninety acres, more or less, being
the same Tehl estate conveyed To- the said Henry
b. MAIN BY Robert NJ. Marquis and wife, by
deed dated May %, A. d. 1859, for the sum of
nine ehundrcd dollars, payable three years from the
datc ofsaid sale, with six per cpnt. INTEREST and
| on payment of said sum Of money to convey said
real estate, in fec simple to said John Cook by
I deed, ,of.general warranty" The said John Cook
lurtuer 'SnOWoln IN MS salu pctltlon tndt uuueT
the said contract of Ale, he took possession Of
the sGidreal estate, and hhs eyersihee remaipeiin
possession thereof, by and with the assent and
permission Of the lsaid Henry B. Main, and has,
with the like assent, and permission, made last
ing and valuable improvements thereon, and that
since said sum of nihe hundred dollars became
due, with interest, to wit, on the 23d day Of
March, A. d. 1868, he paid to the said Henry B.
Mahn, the sum of three hundred dollars, which
sum was applied in satisfaction Of the amount
due on said sale. Tho 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 saidF Henry B. Mahn the sum of
1898 90, the amount tthen due on said contract
of sale, and requefted him to receive the same
and to execute and deliver deed of general war
ranty, duly prepared and presented to the said
Henry b. Mahn, With said sum ofm9ney, to con-
vey said premises to tile said John Cook, accord
ing to said agreement all of which the said Hen
ry B. Mahn wholly refused todp. ~
The said Henry b. MahnIis further notified,
that said John Cook has deposited in the Court of
Common Pleas within and for said Meigs county,
Ohio, with his said petition the. said sum Of
1898 90, together with tho said deed prepared as
aforesaid N.GIg 4,fI2.
Said John Cook praying in his said petition
that said Henry B. Mahn may be adjudgcd to re-
ccive said sum Of 1893 90, and to execute aud de-
liver the said deed of conveyance SO prepared
and convey the snid premises to the said John
Cook in fee simple by deed of general warranty.
And tho said Henry B. Mahn is notified that
he is required to appear and answer said petition
on or before the third Saturday after the 1871
day of May next. JOHN COOK,
go, ,.,,. By LEWIS. PAINE, his Attorney.
Dated April 10, 1865. i [l5-6t]