The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-05-13
No ,o4o-EoUITY
in the Circuit Court for Carroll county.
FrnRuAnY TERN. 1869.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll county.
FEBHuARY Tenn, 1869.
Samuel Fitee ThilEil G q ,,;. off, Of th !;
George W. Thomas, TO procure a sale of
the land therein mentioned for the payment
of purchase money due and owing therein
TO the complainant. The bill states that in
the month ofAugust, 1867, BY oral contract
and agreement, the defendant purchased
from the complainant SO acres and 20
porches Of land. more or less. situate in
Carroll county, Maryland, for the gioss gum
Of twenty-five hundred dollars, TO be paid
to the complainant in full on the first day
Of April, 1868, II the defendant could do So
That pursuant to said agreement the defen.
dant on the ID day of April, 1858, paid to
the complainant $500 Of said purchase
money. and went into the possession of
said land, and since then held the posses
sion thereof and that then it was again or
ably agreed between the complainant and
defendant that for the residue Of said pur-
chase money, the defendant should make
his two single bills each for $3.50, the one
payable April /, 1859, and the ether pay
able April ], 1870, with interest, which was
accordingly done. That subsequently, 10
wit: March 8, 1869, at the instance OF the
defendant, il was again orally agreed be.
tween the complainant and defendant that
the defendant should pay the whole balance
Of said purchase money to the complainant
| April /, 1869, with the interest thereon
that in pursuance Of the lust aforesaid con.
tract, the complainant had deed for the
conveyance Of said land to the defendant
prepared, and that he aud his wife, March
81, 1869, duly signed and acknowledged il,
SO as to be ready to deliver 1t the next day
to the defendant upon his paying TO the
complainant said balance ofpurchasc money
and interest. The bill further states that
on the night Of March 81, 1869, the defen.
dant left his home, (which was on said land, J
went to the city of Westminster, in said
Carroll county, remaining their over night,
and the next morning being April /, 1863
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 to pa,
said purchase money and the interest there
on to the complainant, aud that said pur
chase money and the interest thereon Is ye
due and owing to the complainant and re
mains unpaid. The bill further states tina
the last intelligence from the defendant wa
by letter written 10 his wife, dated Chica
go. Illinois, April 4, 1860, in which he state
that he intended to emigratc six hundre
miles further westward. The bill state
that the complainant is entitled TO have
, decree passed to sell said land for the pay
ment Of the purchase money due and OWN
/ to him and the interest thereon, The bill
prays that the defendant shall be require
to answer the matters and facts therei
stated and eharged-prays for sale of sal
land for the payment Of the complainant
said claim-prays for general relief and f
an order Of publication against the defer
dart
1t is thereupon ordered by the Court III
9th day Of April, 1863, that the complain
ant cause II copy Of this order, together vii
the object and substance of the bill, to
, inserted in some newspaper published
Carroll county, once week for four su
cessiye weeks before the 2sth day of Ma
70 next, giving notice to the defendant in sa
bill, and warning him to appear in tn
Court in person, or by solicitor, on or b
. fore the lst day ofSeptember next, to sho
cause, If any lie has, why decree shall II
i pass us prayed.
!. JN0. b. BOYLE, Clerk.
. True copN-Test;
apr 2oIt JNo. d. BOYLE, Clerk.