The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-11

Thomas J. Van Giesen No. - Dec. Term
VS.. 1873, Sci. Fa.
Wilmer S. Wood ct al. Sur. Mech. lein
! Forest County, IS.
The Commonwealth of
| Pennsylvania TO the Sheriff of said Coun-
| ty Greetings;
! Whereas, Thomas j, Van Giesen hath
| filed a claim in our Court of Common
| Pleas in and for the County of Forest,
against Wilmer Steward Wood, owner or
| reputed owner of the leasehold and per-
sonal property and Wilmer y. Wood con-
| tractor and employer, and John A. Pro-
| per owner or reputed Ownor OF the real
| estate, for the sum of thirtv-nine dollars
with interest from Aug. %. 1873, for work
and labor done and performed and mater
ials furnised for a certain building, to-wit:
All that certain derrick, engine house,
tboiler, engine, baud-wheel house, tubing
eight-inch casing, about three. hundred
feet thereof, inch pipe, and inch-and-a-
half pipe for steam and water connections,
rubber betting, about seventy feet there
Of; said property more particularly here
matter described, and the leasehold and
real estate upon which the said personal
property is located. The property is To-
Gated on the leasehold situate in the town
ship, of Tionesta, in the county of Forest,
and State of Pennsylvania; said leasehold
more particularly boundee and described
us follows: Bounded on the west by the
Daniel Stow place, on the north by lands
of Sickles, on the east by lands of II. II.
May, and on the south by lands of John
A. Proper, being the north half of the No
bic farm, owned by John A. Proper, and
containing tiity-two acres OF land, more
or less. The public road leading from
Tionesta to Nebraska, called the Tionesta
creek road, runs through the southwest
corner of the said north half the said No
bic farm, now owned by John A. Proper,
and crosses Peters run at right angles.
The said derrick is of frame Seventy-two
feet in height and twenty feet square at
the bottom. The engine house is of frame
and twelve feet square and eight feet high.
The boiler is fifteen horse power boiler
and of the Erie City make. The engine
is fifteen horse power engine with n CEN
ter draft and is of Brown IS Struthers'
make. of Warren, Pennsylvania. The
tubing, casing pipe and betting are such
as are usual and necessary in the ordinary
operations Of boring and mining for oil.
And whereas, it is alleged that the said
sum remains due and unpaid to the said
Thomas j. Van Giesen, now we command
you That you make known to said de-
fendant, and to all such persons as may
hold or occupy the said leasehold or lands,
that they be and appear before the said
Judges of our said Court, at the Court of
Common Pleas there to be held on the
fourth Monday Of December next, to show
if any thing they know or have to say
why the said sum of Thirty-nine Dollars,
with interest from Aug. 20, 1878, should
not be levied of the above named proper
ty, to the use of the said plaintiff, accord
ing to the form and effect of the act Of
Assembly ill such case made and provided
if to him it shall seem eXpedient. And
have you then and there this writ.
Witness the Hon. l.. d. Wetmore, Presi-
dent of our said Court, at Tionesta, this
9th day of Dec, 1878.
ID. w, CLARK, PrOthy.