Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20
Legal Notices.
JAMES CHEEyER,s EsTATI


STATE OF VERMONT, } The Honorable Pro
DISTRICT OF cHIrrrspEs,ss District of Chttsnden.
To the heirs and all persons interested in the
tate OF James Cheever late Of Boston, in the state
| OF Massachusetts,, deceased, GREK1ING:
| VA HEREAs. John B. Plge, the administrator OF
| w the estate Of said deceased by appointment
OF this court has filed in said court his petition in
writing setting forth therein That the said James
Cheever in his life time was the holder OF an equi-
table claim ard title against certain lands situate
| in the city of Burlington. in Chlttenden county,
known and described as water lots Nos 10 AVID lG.
| by virtue OF having redeemed the same from de-
o. foreclosure thereon upon certain mortgage
executed by Pollett and Bradley to Maria d. Tuck
| er, January BIRD lsi3 which hecree was rendered
| at April Term, 1851 of the court OF Chancerv Tor
said ,hittenden county, and so redeemed July l.
Trustees Of the second NOR bondholders oil the
| Rutland and Burlington Railroad Company which
| said equitable claim vas afterwards enforced as
against said water lots No 10 and Ii, IN certain
| suit in equity brought in the names OF George f.
| Edmunds and said Cheevcr agiinst Morillo Moves
and Adelia A Fletcher in the court OF Chancery ior
said county. in which decree Ipssscd az the April
term Of said court that uuless the said Moves and
Fletcher should pay the orators in SAID SUIT GER
| tain sum OF money named by the first day OF July
l575, they should be foreclosed Of all right, title
and equity in said lots Is and To- to which proceed
inss aud decree your petitioner had become par
who had deceased during the tendency thereof /:
ard your petitioner rays that said lots 10 and 10
were not at any time redeemed from 1.-THE operation
OF said decree and that the title thereto became ab
soute from and after July 1875. in the said George
Il. Edmunds and this petitioner as admin strator OF
the said Cheever upon the face of the record. but
IN fact IN truth only in trust for the Rutland
Railroad COMPANY. a corporation which had SUI.
ceeded to all the rights and equities o. te Trustees
of the second gage bond holders of the Rutland
| and Burlington Railroad Company and now hollis
the same, the sa Edmunds having. August = ls5s,
conveyed all his interest IN said premises to sad
Cheever, and said Cheever never had any interest
in said premises except or in trust for ether parties
and ultimately for the Rutland Railroad Company.
and for their and benefit, the same not belong
ing in any WISE in equity. to the estate OF the Said
Cheever, but to faid Rutland Railroad company.
And praying said court for license 10 convey sad
lots. as such administrator, to said Rutland Rail
ad company and that the court decree the exceed
| ton of the trust above set forth
Mhereupon, the said Court has appointed and
assigned the lst day of October d., 1878 at the
Proba te office in said district, to hear and decide
upon said application and petition, and ordered
that public notice thereof be given to all persons
interested therein. by publishing said order. To-
gether with the time and place Of hearing, three
weeks successfully, in the Burlington Free Press,
a newspaper which ciIculates in tho mel ghborhood
Of those persons interested in said estate, all Of
which publications shall be previous to the day
asst sned Tor hearing.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said Court the time and place gned, then
and there in said Court, and make your objections to
the granting such license. if you see cause.
Given under my hand, AZ the Probate Court
office. this 9Th day of September, A. ID. ISIS.
IIw3p X 3, TAFT Register.