Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-08-17
IN THE NATTER OF ERASTUS
LEES ESTATE.
ORDER OF NOTICE to attend the taking of
W denOSitiOnS IN tet.ret,Lntn

ORDER OF NOTICE to attend the taking of
~ dispositions TN perpettSa0l.
Whereas, Melinda Holmes, of Stanstead, in
the county of Stanstead, and Province of Cana
da East, hath on this 18th day of August, A. d.
1866 made her affidavit, before me, wherein she
sets forth among other things, that ErastuS Lee,
late of Stanstead, in the Province of Canada
East, deceased on the 2lSt day of March, A. D.
1866, leaving large amount of real estate and
personal property in the town of Derby, in the
County of Orleans, and State OF Vermont, as
well as in StanStead, in the county of StanStead
and Province of Canada East that she is the
half sister of the late Erastus Lee aforesaid, and
that she has claim or interest in SAID Is
tate RS one of the heirs to said Estate that she
expects her claim interest heir to said Eras-
tus Lees Estate will be the subject of legal con-
troversy, and that the testimony Of jeremiah
Holmes of StonlngtOn, in the State OF Connect
cut and Esther BlOdgett of Hartford, in the State
Of Wisconsin, and Eide Lee, and Daniel Lee OF
said Stanstead, and Daniel Heath of Barnston
and Benjamin POmerOy Of Compton, in said
Canada, and her own testimony and also that of
other witnesses is material o sta b is h
her claim or interest as heir to said
estate; and hat 8 h c is not b e
to name the persons expected to become parties
in the Controversy about her said claim or inter-
est in and to the said Erastus Lees estate, as
aforesaid, and that she desires to take the tsSti-
mony of the above named persons in perpetual
remembrance.
anu WncIcdS IL dpp pears by Salu aIIlQaflt tnat
the said jeremiah Holmes is not resident of
this State
No,o, therefore, 1t Is hereby ordered, that all
persons interested in said estate and all others
be notified by the publication of this order in the
Orleans Independent Standard. newspaper
published, in Barton, in the county of Orleans
and State Of Vermont three successive weeks
the last publication of which shall be previous to
the Sth day of September, A. d. 1866 that the
Deposition of the said Esther Blodgett, Malinda
Holmes, Eide Lee, Daniel Lee, Daniel Heath,
and Benjamin PomerOy and others will be taken
m perpetuGn,, by me, at the Derby Line Hotel,
(kept by F. d. Butterfeld,) at Derby Line in the
town of Derby, County of Orleans and State of
Vermont, on Friday, the l4th day of September,
A. D. 1866, at nine O'Clock in the forenoon, and
that the Deposition of said jeremiah Holmes
will be taken in ps'petuans, at the dwelling house
OF the said jeremiah Holmes, in the town of
Stonnington county of New London, in the State
of Connecticut, on tn, Fourth day of October, A
ID. 1866, at one oclOc6 in the afternoon and that
a commission will Issue to Richard A. Wheeler,
| to take the said deposition of the said Jeremiah
Holmes; that SAID persons may appear at the
captions of said deposj;ions, at The times ana
places aforesaid.
| Given under my hand, a. Derby, in the coun-
ty of Orleans this llth day of August, A D. 1886.
BENZ. II. STEELE.
| Judge of the Supreme Court.