The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-04-29
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In the Circuit Court for Carroll county.
Frnauaur TeRs, 1862.
Samuel fitze, 1T,HE object of tho
r., IL bill in this case IA
George ". Thomas, J TO procure a sale oi,
the land therein mentioned for the payment
OF pufthase money due and owing therein
20 the complainant. The bill states that In
me month OF August, 1861, by ogal contract
ana agreement, the defendant purchased
from the complainant 81 acres and 20
perches oil land, more or less. situate in
Carroll county, Maryland. for the gross sum
Of twenty'two hundred dollars, TO be paid
70 me complainant IA full on the FIRST day
Of April, 1868, IL The defendant could do ~
That pursuant TO said agreement the defen'
dant on the I'd day of April. 1865. na;d ~
the complainant $500 Of said purchase
money, and went into the possession az
said land, aud since then held the posses.
sion thercofi md that then Il was asa;a a..
ally agreed between the complainant MA
defendant that for the residue Of said nnr.
chase money, the defendant should n,aLo
his two single bills each for $3.50, the onc
payable April !, 1860, and the other nav.
able April |, 1870, with interest, which was
accordingly done. That subsequently. To
wit: March o, 1860, ut the instance Of tho
defendant, il was again orally agreed be-.
tween the complainant and defendant that
the defendant should pay the whole balance
l OF said purchase money TO the complainant
| April /, 1850, with the interest thereon
that in pursuance Of the last aforesaid con.
tract, the complainant had a deed for tho
conveyance Of said land to the defendant
| prepared, and that he and his wife, March
III, 1869, duly signed and acknowledged 4.
so as to be ready to deliver it the noSt day
to the defendant upon his paying TO the
complainant said balance Of purchase money
and interest. The bill further states thai
on the night OF March 81, 1859, the defen.
dant left his home, (which was on said land,l
went TO the city Of Westminster, In said
Carroll county, remaining their over night,
aud the next morning being April l., 1869,
took passage in The Railroad cars and Left
for parts beyond the limits Of the State Of
Maryland, and unknown TO the complainant,
and that the defendant utterly failed 10 nav
said purchase money and the interest there,
on 10 the complainant, and that said pur,
chase money and the interest thereon Is vet
due and owing TO the complainant and re.
mains unpaid. The bill further states that
the last intelligence from the defendant was
by letter written to his wife, dated Chica.
go, Illinois, April 4, 1869, in which he stated
that he intended to emigrale six hundred
miles further westward. The bill s,ates
that the complainant is entitled TO have
decree passed to sell said land for the pay.
ment OF the purchase money due and owing
to him aud the interest thereon. The bill
prays that the defendant shall be required
TO answer the matters aud facts therein
stated and charged--prays for a sale of said
land for the payment Of the complainans
said claim --prays for general relief and for
an order Of publication against the defen.
dant
II is thereupou ordered by the Court this
9th day of April, 1869, that the complain.
ant cause u copy Of this order, together with
the object and substance Of the bill, TO be
inserted in some newspaper published in
Carroll county, once week for -four sue.
cessive weeks before the 2sth day Of MAY
next, giving notice TO the defendant in said
bill, and warning him TO appear in this
| Court IN person, or by solicitor, on or be.
fore the list day ofSeptember next, to show
cause, IL any he has, why decree shall not
pass as prayed.
JNo. b. BOYLE, Clerk.
True copy,--Test:
apr 2D-4t Jyo. B. Boyle, Clerk.
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