Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-03-23

di,Ial Court
SITTING rs EQUITY
uUM3Ll complaining, -howeth unto your
n Houors, your orators, Ebcn >tubh- Of Buc
sport, in Tie county u Hancock. and iea
Partridge u Orlant in slid County.
That thrS are depO-n"rs m the Buckspou stv.
ing> Bank oil -Iid Buck-port IL savings Iu,tttu-
tlon duly incorporated under the laws of this
state.
That a. your orators are informed and believe
-ad Bank has not sufficient assets to pay all its
debts to depo-ltOrs and others.
That on account OF the lnsuilciency Of ii. as
sets the officer. Ut -ald Bank as your orator.
are informed amt believe, did, The twenty
sixth day 81 January, A. ID, 1875, suspend pay
ment to The deposltors Of sti Bank, and have not
since resumed. although the thirty lays notice
provided Tor by law before the payment OF any
sum less than live hundred dollars can be re-
quired, has been gwen by many such deposItOrs
and the time OF said notice has long since eN-
PRED.
Ihai the Bank Examiner, as Your orators are
informed and believe, did. on the 24th and 18th
dAys OF February, A. -, ls76, make careful
and thorough examination OF the AFFAIRS Of sand
Bank. aud the result OF such eNamin nation did
report that said Bank was lnsolvent and unable
TO pay in full all its debts to dcposltors and 9th
ers.
Wherefore, your orators pray for sequestra-
.tiOn, and an equitable distribution of the assets
OF sand Bank, and further, that an injunction may
issue restraining said bank and its officers from
tTausactlng any business or making .any payment
Of the assets Of said Bank to any person, except
your H0nOrs may hereafter direct, and ina lly
that th.- iii may be served by publication IN
sutne new spaper, and Tor such a time as your
tiouuIs may designate, with an order requiring
-auI Bank and all persons interested TO ap-
pear and show cause why the prayers of your
ni.Gyts should not be granted, and in duty
bouhd VIII ever pray.
EBEN STUBBs.
Henry PARTRIDGE.
STATE OF MAINE.
PENoBsCoT, ss.-February 10Th, 1876.
Personally appeared the bove named Eben
Stubs and Henry Partridge, and severally made
Oath to the truth OF the statements in the fore
going bill contained, except so far as the same
stated upon Information and belief, and as
10 such statements that they are to the best
OF their knowledge, information, and belief,
CT. wOoDARD,
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE
PENoBsCoT Co.-February 18th, 1876
In vacation, ORDERED That notice be given
the Bucksport Savings Bank and its depositors
and all parties interested, by publishing the with
in bill and this order of notice three weeks sue
cessively ia the Bangor Weekly Courier
| paper printed in Bangor, and the Ellsworth Am
erican, paper printed in Ellsworth the last pub
location to be three weeks before the fourth Tues
! day of April next, 10 appear at the Court Room
in Bangor, said fourth Tuesday of April beio
| me some other Justice Of the Supreme Ju
! dicial Court, then and there to appear and show
cause Why the prayer of said bill should not b.
! grdnted and that the officers of the Bank be an,
they hereby are tnjoined from making any pay
ment of the assets of the Bank or tran actIng an
business except as tn Court may herea:t q
] direct
! writ OF injun ctIon 10 issue according to TIA
| prayer Of the bin.
JOHN APPLETON,
Chief Justice OF the sup. Jud Court.
true copy, attcst;-
3wl0 +. q. BRETT, Clerk.