Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-02-03
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STATE or VERMONT Essex County.
EtseF County s. March Term, ls77
CHARLES W. SMITH vs.. JOHN T. HICKS,
JOohFll ID. BROWN, ROsALINE T. n.
RHODES, ELDAn a. RHODES, ELLA Il.
RHODES, sALLIE y. RAY.
Whereas, Charles W. smith of Lancaster in
the county OF Coos and state Of New Hampshire
has nled 10 Essex County Clerks oIice his petit
ton, setting forth tlat john 4. Hicks Of Boston
~ tle county OF suffolk aud Commonwealth OF
Massachusetts, and Joseph d. Brown OF Concord
IN The county Of Middlesex Ia said Common
wealth, on the 18th day OF MAY, A. ID. lS7l duly
OF certain land situated in Guildhall and Luneu-
burg IN the county Of Essex aforesaid, tO-Wit
The westerly half Of the Governors Right, so
called, IN Guildhall, bounded southerly by Con-
necticut river, westerly by Lunenburg, northerly
by lhe norlhermOst line Of said Governors Right
and easterly by land occupied by William Hop
kins, containing $50 acres, more or less. Also
the three following described hity acre lots in
said Gulldhall, tO-wt; Lot No. "A Of the original
right OF Daniel Mckay; lot No. q Of the original
right OF Thomas Darling aud lot No. % OF the
original right of Elisha Whittesey, all OF the
first division Of lands in said Guildhall. Also
lot No. 20 in the first division Of llnds in said
Gulldhal, the same being designated and known
as "Glebe Lot" Also lots numbered 43 and a of
the second division Of lands in Lunenburg afore-
said, the whole together constituting the farm on
which the said Rosalne Il. Il. Rhodes, Eldad A..
Rhodes and Ella Il. Rhodes now reside. Condi-
TONED for the payment of n certain prom
issory note for six thousand seven hundred
dollars, dated May Il, 1874, signed by
said John T. Hicks and Joseph ID. Brown,
payable to said Jared l. Williams or Or
der in one year from the date thereof, with inter
est annually, which is now justly due and owing,
ana mas not been paid according to the effect OF
the same, and She same has been duly assigned
| to the petitioner. And the petitioner further
| says that on the 18th day of December, A. ID.
| 1873 the said John 4. Hicks having become the
sole owner Of the equity of redemption Of the
aforesaid lands, sold and conveyed the same
| lands, excepting the Glebe Lot aforesaid to Ros-
! aline I. I. Rhodes and Eldad A. Rhodes both Of
/ Guildhall aforesaid and on the same day said
! John T. Hicks sold aud conveyed the said Glebe
Lot to Ella L. Rhodesl Of said Guildhall, and on
the 10th day of December, 1915, the said Rosaline
| i, I. Rhodes, Eldad a. Rhodes and Ella t.
| Rhodes executed and delivered to the said John
! L. Hicks mortgage deed Of the whole of said
| lands to secure the payment of the sum of two
| thousand or twenty-five hundred dollars, which
the petitioner believes to be still due and unpaid
/ And on the 2Sth day of September, 1875 the said
| Eldad A. Rhodes, Rosaline 7. T. Rhodes and ella
| u. Rhodes ex cuted and delivered to Salie 3.
! Ray of Lancaster aforesaid mortgage deed of
! the same lands to secure the payment of one
! thousand dollars, which last sum the petitioner
believes to be still due and unpaid.
! Wherefore the petitioner prays that the equity
| of redemption Of the said John Il. Hicks, Joseph
| ID. Brown, Rosaline II. T. Rhodes, Eldad A
Rhodes, Ella Il. Rhodes and Sallie b. Ray in the
| premises may be foreclosed agreeably to the pro-
| visions of the seventy-sXth section of chapter
twenty-nine Of the General Statutes, and that the
honorable Court of Chancery will make such other
and further orders and DEGREES in the premises
as shall appear just and reasonable and,
! Whereas it appears that the said John 4. Hicks,
Joseph d. Brown and Saie B. Ray are residing
out of the State of Vermont so that a subpoena
cannot be served on them, netce is hereby given
| to the said John II. Hicks, Joseph d. Brown and
Sallie b. Ray, and they are hereby notified TO APP
| pear before the Court of Chancery next to be
| held at Gudhall within and for the county OF
Essex on the third Tuesday of March A. ID. 1877,
then and there to make answer in the premises,
and abide such orders and DEGREES as shall be
made therein, and the petitioner is directed to
cauee the substance of said petition togetherwith
this order to be publ shed three weeks success
sively in the Essex County Herald, newspaper
published at Guildhall in said county of Essex,
the last of which publications shall be at least
twenty days previous to said 3rd Tuesday Of
March, 1877.
Dated at Guildhan this eth day of January,
1877.
CHARLES f. BENTON, Clerk.
w. S. LADD, solicitor. 5