The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-09-30
State of Ohio, Jackson county, SIS.
Court of Common Pleas.


Thomas ]. Brooks plaintiff, against George w
Brooks ct ais. defendants.
Eliza De France and Abner De France her
husband, of Jefferson county in the he State OF
Brooks, of Jackson county in the State of Ohio,
on the 2lst day Of August, 1875, filed in said
Court, his petition against the said Eliza De
France and Abner De France and others, heirs
at law OF Isaac Brooks, late of said county OF
day of March, 1861, the said Thomas ]. Brooks
and Isaac Brooks, they being then seized in fee
simple, each of the undivided one-half OF the
following described lands situated in said
county of Jackson, to wit: The south east
quarter OF the north east quarter, the north
east quarter OF the south east quarter, and the
south east quarter of the south east quarter of
range number IS; also, the north east quarter
of the north east quarter, and the north west
number 81, in said township and range, con-
tanning in all 200 acres more or less, made an
amicable partition of said lands, and then
agreed to perfect by quit claim deeds, the title
to the lands so set of to each of said parties !;
that by said partition there was set off to the
said Isaac Brooks, of the said lands, the follow
ing, to wit: The north east quarter of the 'nOl t
east anu tIS notel WesI qutfteI VI tI9
north east quarter OF section number -, and all
of that part of the south east quarter of the
south east quarter OF SEE ton number %, which
lies south OF The county road, being about 2o
and containing in all los acres nloSe or less
and to the said Thomas ]. Brooks the residue
of said lands, and which are fully described in
said petition, that plaintiff and the said Isaac
Brooks, each, then took possession of the lands
so set on to MN respectively, ana continued 70
hold the exclusive possession thereof under said
agreement and partition, the said plaintiff
hitherto, and the said Isaac Brooks to the time
of his death, to wit March Sth, 1875, but that by
the mutual neglect of parties said deeds were
never executed; that plaintiff and the defend
ants, heirs at law of said Isaac Brooks, ten
ants in common in the lands so set off to the
said Isaac Brooks. in the following proportions,
TO wit, the plaintiff, and the defendants, George
W. Brooks, Margaret Marquis, Elizabeth Wy
coff, and Frances Swaney each to the undivided
one-seventh; the defendants Amos Moore, Eli
"a De France and Ada Dunbar each to the un-
divided one-twenty- first, and the defendants
Henry Milner, Isadora Milner, Euphemia Mil
ner, William Milner and Daniel Milner each to
the undivided one-thirty-fifth part thereof.
The prayer of said petition is for an order of
the Court, on the proper parties for the eXecu-
ton of deeds in performance OF said contract
and partition between the plaintiff and the
said Isaac Brooks; also for the partition of said
lands set off to the said Isaac Brooks; and
for other relief.
And the said Eliza De France and Abner De
France notified that they are required to
appear and answer said petition, on or before
the third Saturday after the 18th day of october
next. THOMAS ]. BROOKS, P1h.
By w. K. HASTINGS, his Atty.
Sept. 2, '75-6w