St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-04-28
Notice of Foreclosure.

STA E OF VERMONT CALEDONIA COUNTY, IS
Whereas VIM. j. Bray, of st. Johnsbury, Yer
mont, has filed in the Clerk office of said County,
his petition of foreclosure against b. q. COrser and
others setting forth that said b. c. Corser and Lee
roy {. Shear were the owners of a certain lot and
building known as the old ArmOry Building, sit
uated ON the east side OF Summer street in Saint
JOhnsbury aforesaid, bounded fellows: the
east side by summer street; ON the north by Land
owned by Albert HOskins; the west by land
owned by the Carpenter heirs, and land owned by
Harry Wright; on the south by land owned by de
rome Lamere. Which premises were then owned
Jointly by the said CoIser and Shear; and that IN
May, a. d. 1879 said Corser and Shear employed the
said petitioner To furnish certain material and la
Dor, ana make certain repairs in and upon the build
ing then standing upon the said premises and that
the petitioner by the terms of said emplO
To charge a certain portion OF the expense thereof
to said shear aud a certain other portion unto said
COrser, and the balance unto said Curser & Shear
jointly and that the petitioner in May and June,
A. ID. 1879, performed the service and furnished
the material contemplated in said agreement, at
aggregate expense OF between two and three hun
bred dollars and that the 10th day of July, \.
ID; 1879, and within three months from the time
when payment became due for said labor aud ma
terias the petitioner filed and caused To be record
ed III the Town clerk ONCE OF said town Of SAINT
JOhnsbury, written memorandum by him signed,
wherein he asserted and claimed "A lien upon said
lot and buildin. for the sum his due by virtue of
the agreement aforesaid and the performance of the
said labor and the furnishing of said materials;
and that thereattcrwards, within three months
from the time of filing said memorandum, and with
N three months from the time when payment for
said labor and materials became due. To wit:
the 18th day OF October, A. ID. 1879, he commenced
three actions one against said Shea, one against
said COrser, and one against said Corser & shear
jointly, for the recovery of the several sums his
due as aforesaid and caused said building and land
to be attached upon said writs. Which suits
returnable before Walter 7. Smith, Justice of the
Peace, on the 3lst day of October, \. ID. 1879,
whereupon such proceedings were had that said
suits continued from time to time Till the 2Ist
day of February. A. ID. lSSU. when the petitioner
obtained judgment az inst said Shear for the sum
of one hundred and forty three dollars aud forty
one cents damages, and five dollars aud tOrty-twO
cents costs and AT the same time obtained iudg
ment against said Curser for the sum of furtytuur
dollars and eighty-sevcn cents damages. and five
dollars and torty-two cents COSTS also obtained
judgment against said COrser & Shear jointly, for
the OF one hundred and fifty eight dollars and
seventy-siN cents damages and six dollars and iii
ty-twO cents costs; and that these suits were
brought To perfect a mechanics lien upon the said
property, and further setting forth that within five
months after the rendition of said Judgments, To
wit: the 22nd day of June, \. ID. lSsO, he
caused certified copies of the record of each OF
said judgments to be recorded in the Town Clerks
office of said Saint Johnsbury. and paid therefor
three dollars and seventy-ive cents and claims
that by the foregoing proceedings he has perfected
a mechanics len upon said premises for the pay
ment of the several sums aforesaid and is entitled
Ia the same security upon said property if said
property had been mortgAged to him by the SAID
COrser 81 Shear, the 10th day of July \. ID. 1873
And further setting forth that since the Hing of
said lien as aforesaid, by series of conveyAnces
the legal title i'll said property has become vested
i'll Mary COrser. wife of the said Bracket g. Cor
ser and that she. in March. lS-2 conveyed the
sOutheTly half of said premises to Almira ii. sen
ter of said st. JOhnsburN, who now holds the title
thereuntoi and that said Mary tOTser still holds
the title to the northerly half and that at some
time since the title of said premises vested in said
Mary, she, the said Mary and Bracket g. COrser
executed mortgage upon said premises to the
passumpsic Savings Bank, doing business in st.
JOhnsbury aforesaid. And the Petitioner prays
that the Equity of Redemption of said Leroy c.
Shear, Maria Shear. Bracket e.. Corser Mary Cor
ser. Almira Ii. Senter and Passumpsic Savings
Bank in said premises he fOrecOsed, and that he
may have such further other relief to the Court
ff.lI Tho Al l.f.s
made to appear that the said Leroy &. Shear and Ma
ria Shear without this state So that citation
not be served Is ordered that notice OF the penden
cv of this petition be given to the said Leroy G.
shear and Maria shear by publication of the sub
stance of said petition, with this order in the Gale
DOMAIN a newspaper published at st. Johusbuty
aforesaid three weeks successfully the last of said
publications to be at least twenty DAYS prior to the
first day of the term of the Caledonia County
Court to be held at st. .IOlnsbury in said County,
on the first Tuesday in June, A. ID. lss2
4. T.. RANKIN, Clerk
BELDEN & IDE Solicitors.
Dated at st. .Gohnsbury, this 18th day of April,