The Portland daily press., 1884-03-24


This is Bill in Equity. brought by the Globe
Ma i)nal Bank in behal of itself and of all other
creditors of the firm of f. Shaw & Brothers of Bos
ton Faye &c Shaw and Br4ckley Shaw surviving
this suit against Ferdinand A. Wymau Trustee and
sail Fayette Shaw and brackley Shaw reciting the
assignments made July 18th S83 by said firm aud
the surviving members thereof TO Ferdinand A. Wy
il trust Tor the benefit of their crsditors and
representing that editors of said firm holding
claims to the amount of about $3.50 600, have
sented to the assignments; that said Wyman has
cepted the trusts and taken of the property
and has converted large amount of 1t into money
to wit, mere than $4,000 which he is
ready to distribute among the creditors; that the
plaintiffs have requested of the trustee the payment
of their proportion OF the moneys; hat said Wyman
is ready and willing to comply with the request but
claims that he cannot discover all the creditors
the amount and description The CLAIMS OF those
creditors who are known to him and therefore can
NJ deteriuiue what proportion of the moneys the
painLins entitled; praying that the Trustee
may be ordered TO sell and convert into money
speedi as praeticablo SO much OF said property as
is not alrea y in the form OF money and to render
an account OF his said trusts, h receipts expendi-
lures and doings ths elm and to divide the money
now IN his hands belonging to sad trust The
net proceeds OF such Sale sales, among the said
creditors as they may be entitled thereto and that
notice may be given 10 all said creditors ordering
elaine against sad firm OF +. Shaw g. Brothers of
Boston and its several members and to send within
40 days from the date of said order a state
ment thereof TO spe ial master to be appointed by
the court for the OF receiving aud dete rm-
ing upon said claias and that the created by
said indenture may be enforced for the benefit of
the plaintiff and other creditors who shall prove
their claims according to such notice and that such
creditors who shall nut send such statements
of their said Grams according to said order may be
debSrred, by decree of this Court, from disturb
ing or interfering with any dividend dividends
dec arei ami paid by said Trustee aforesaid and
for sucn other and further relief as to the Court
shall seem meet and justice and equity shall require.
And now it is ordered that the creditors of the firm
OF f. shaw q Brothers and OF the surviving mem
Der thereof be notified If they shall desire to
parties this bill aud any proceeu ing there
under and to avail thems elves Of any benefit they
may be entitled to under the assignments 1orth
in the bill, to present and their claims against
said m and its members and to send within forty
days IRON the tenth day of March, 1884, sworn
statements of their said claims interest to Jany
1. 1884, to Henry Il. Nichols Esq, 40 " ater ST.,
Boston, Mass. who is hereby appointed a special
master TO receive aud determine upon said cl inns.
And any creditors of said I'll m or its members who
may desire 10 object to this bill or any preceding
there are hereby notified to appear before this
Court at b Vston on Tuesday, the 18Th day of April,
A. ID. 1854, at quarter past nine O'clock in the
fol- enoon and show cause if any they haye why The
prayer OF the bill should not be granted and why
avail themselves of the benefit of the assg nments set
forth ia the bill or theproperty transferred thereby
and said trustee is her eby ordered TO give notice
of this order by publish ng attested copy thereof
with brief abstract Of the prayer of the bill,
wees for two successive weeks, the last publica-
ton to be fifteen days at least before the expiration
of said period OF forty days. In the follow Ing
papers, 10 wit: the Boston Daily Advertiser and
folk, and the Norfolk ounty Gazette at Hyde Park
in tIe County of Norfolk, all in the Common wealth
Of Maksae husetts, the New York Herald at New
York City in the County of New York, the Adiron-
dack Herald at Wells, AID the Hamilton Coui ty
Press at Hope, in the County of Hamitoa the St.
Lawrence Herald and the Courier and Freeman at
Pot, DAM in the County of ST. Lawrence, the Brush
ton North Star at brushton, and the Malone Palla
olum at Nal ne in the County of Franklin, all in
the state of New York; the Portland Daily Press
and the Daily Eastern Argus at Portland. in The
County of Cumberland, the Wing and Courier at
Bangor in the County of PeDobscot the Calais
Times at Ca ais, in the County of Washington, and
the AroOstook Pioneer at Houlton in the County of
Aroostook, AL in the State of Maine; the st. John
sun at ST. John, ana the Capital at Fredericton,
both i'll the Province of New Brunswick, and The
Montreal Witness at Montreal, in the Province of
Quebec, in the dominion of Canada.
By the Court,
JOHN NOBLE, Clerk.
true copy Attest:
JOHN NOBLE, Clerk.
"Tbe Trustee will mail blanks for proofs to all
known creditors
March TO- 1884. ar17dLaw2wM