St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-04-21

STATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA COUNTY SIS
Whereas VIM. J. Bray, of St Johnsbury, Yer
mont has filed in the Clerks office of said County
his petition of foreclosure against b. q. Corser and
Others setting forth that said b. q. COrser and Lee
roy &. Shear were the owners of a certain lot and
building known the odd ArmOTy Building sit
uated ON the east side of Summer street in Saint
JOhnsbury aforesaid, bounded follows: 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 Je-
rome Lamere. Which premises were then owned
jointly by the said COrser ana Shear; and that in
May, A ID. 1879 said COrser and Shear employed the
said petitioner to furnish certain material and la
Dor, and make certain repairs in and upon the build
ing then standing upon the said premises and that
the petitioner by the terms of said emplOy ment
to charge a certain portion of the expense thereof
To said Shear, and certain other portion unto said
COrser, and the balance unto said COrser g. 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
dred dollars and that the 10th day of July, A.
ID. 1879, and within three months from the tune
when pa yment became due for said labor and
terias the petitioner filed and caused to be record
ed in the Town Clerks office of said town of Saint
JOhnsbury, a written memorandum by him signed,
wherein he asserted and claimed a lien upon said
lot and building for the sum his due by virtue of
the agreement aforesaid aud the performance of the
said labor and the furnishing of said Materials
and that thereafterwards, within three months
from the time of filing said memorandum, and with
in three months from the time when payment for
said labor and materials became due. to wit: on
the 18th day of October, A. ID. 1873 he commenced
three actions: one against said Shear, against
said COTser, and one against said COrser g. Shear
jointly, for the recovery of the several sums his
due aforesaid and caused said building and land
to be attached upon said writs Which suits
returnable before Walter z. Smith, ustce of the
Peace the 3lst day of October a. ID. 1879
whereupon such proceedings were had that said
suits continued from time time till the 2lst
day of February, A. D. 1880 when the petitioner
obtained Judgment gIinst said Shear for the sum
of one hundred and fOrty-three dollars and forty
/ LIN.
cents costs; ana at the same time obtained Judg
ment against said COrser for the of fOrty-four
dollars and eighty.seven cents damages, and five
dollars and tOrty-twO cents costs; also obtained
Judgment against said COrser & Shear jointly, for
the sum of one hundred and tfty-eight dollars and
seventy-siX cents damages, and six dollars and fif-
ty-twO cents costs; and that these suits were
brought to perfect mechanics lien upon the said
property, and further setting forth that within five
months after the rendition of said Judgments, to
wit: ON the 22nd day of June, a. ID. 1850, 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-hve cents, and claims
that by the foregoing proceedings he has perfected
mechanics lien upon said premises for the pay
ment OF the several sums aforesaid ard is entitled
to the same security upon said property if said
/ property had been mOTtgaged to him BY the said
Corser & Shear, the 10th day of July, A. D. 1873
And further setting forth that since the filing of
said lien aforesaid by a series of cOnveyances
the legal title in said property has become vested
in Mary Corser, wife of the said Bracket G. Cor
ser. and that she, in March, l5s2, conveyed the
sOutherly half Of said premises 10 Almira II. Sen
ter of said st. Johnsbury who now holds the title
thereuntO; and that said Mary COrser still holds
/ the title to the BOrtherly half; and that at
time since the title of said premises vested in said
| Mary she the said Mary and Bracket q. Corser
executed mortgage upon said premises to the
Passumpsc Savings Bank, doing business in st.
JOhnsbury aforesaid And the Petitioner prays
/ that the Equity of Redemption Of said Leroy &
Shear, Maria Shear Braekett G.. COrser, Mary Cor
ser. Almra H Senter and Passumpsic Savings
| Bank 10 said premises be foreclOsed and that be
may have such further other relief to the COur.
may seem equitable in the premises And it being
made to appear that the said Leroy c. Shear and Ma
ria Shear without this state that citation
not be served II Is ordered that notice Of the penden
cy Of this petition be given to the said Leroy &.
Shear and Maria Shear by publication of the sub
stance Of said petition, with this order in the Gale
DOMAIN newspaper published at st. JohnsbuIy '.
aforesaid three weeks successfully the last of said
publications to be at least twenty DAYS prior the
first day of the next term of the Caledonia County
Court, to be held at st. JOhnsbury in said County
on the first Tuesday in June. A. d. Iss2.
A. +. RANKIN, Clerk.
! BKLDES s. IDE. Solicitors.
Dated at st. JOhnsbury, this 18th day Of April
| a. ID. 1sS2. 1916