The Portland daily press., 1884-03-28

This is a bill in equity brought by Austin r.
Mitchell of Newton in the County of Middlesex in
behalf Of himself and all other creditors of the firm
of 4. Shaw IL others of Vanceboro', Fayette
Shaw, Brackley Shaw, and Thaxter Shaw. the
members of that firm. who shall come in ami join
in this suit against Ferdinand A. Wyman Trus ee
and said Fayette shaw, Brackley Shaw. aud i hax,
ter Shaw, recitilg he assignments made July IS,
1888. by said finn and the members thereof to
Ferdinand A. Wyman, in trust, for the benefit of
their creditors. and represepurg that creditors OF
said firm holding claims to the amount of about
$l.ooO, ou) one million dollars. have assented to
the assignments; that said Wyman has
accepted the truss aud taken possession of
the properly and has converted a rtiol
OF it into money which he is ready 10 dis
tribute among the creditors; that the aitff have
ques Ell of tue rus the payment of their pro-
portion of the moneys; hat i'd Wyman is ready
aud willing to com ly with the request, but claims
that ne cannot discover all the creditors The
amount and description of the claims of those crei
determine to what proportion OF the moneys
the plaintiffs entitled. and praying that the
Trustee may be ordered to sell and convert into
money as speedily as practicable SO much OF SAID
property as is not already in the form of money, and
to renaer account his sail trusts. his receipts
expenditures al d ines therein amt TO divide the
money in his hands belonging to aid trust and
the net proceeds Of such sale sales, among the
said creditors they may be entitled the eto, aud
til notice may be given to all SAID creditors order
ing them and each of them to present and prove
their clHims against said firm of f. shaw q broth
ers of VancebOro' and its several members, and to
send within thirty days from the date of said order
sworn statement thereof TO speci Il master t be
appointed BY the Court tor the purpose of receiving
and determining upon said claims a q that the
trust create by sal in enture may be emf reed for
the benefit of the plaintiff and other ctedtors who
shall prove their CLAIMS according to such potice
and that sucL credito who shall not send sneh
sworn stateInen of their said Claims .ording TO
said order may be d, barred, by a decree of this
Cou from uls ufOlng or lnterIe ing Win any ulv-
1denu nf dytfenfs deelared ana paid by sail Trus-
lee aforesaid, and for such other AMI further
lief as to the Court shall meet and justice and
equity shall require
Aud now Ii rs ordered that the cred tors of The
firm If F. Shaw q Brothers If Vaneeboro' be noti-
fled If they shall desire TO become parties to this
bill and any proceeding hereunder and avail
themselves Of any benefit they may be entitled to
under he ass gnments set forth in the II, to PEE
sent and prove tn ir claims ag inst said firm aud its
members, and to send within thirty-two days from
the eighteenth day of March, 1884, sworn state
ments of their said claims and interest 70 Jan. 1
1884, to Henry G. Nichols Esq, 40 wa er Street,
Boston Mass. v no is hereby appointed special
Master to receive and determine upon said claims.
And any ere iiioTs OF sad firm, or its members,
who may desire to object to this bill or any pro
ceediDg the. eunder, hereby notified 20 appear
before this Court at Boston, on Tuesday the
fifteenth day of April A. ID. 1854, at quarter
past nine O'Clock in the forenoon, aud show cause
If any they have why the prayer of the bill should
Their claims II they aesfe to avail themselves ct
the benefit of the assignments set orth in the bill
or the property transferred thereby.
And said trustee il hereby ordered to give notice
OF this order by publishing an attested copy thereof
vii brief abstract of the prayer of the BILL
week for two successive weeks, the last publica-
ton be seven days at least before the ex ration
of said period Of thirty tw9 days, Ia the following
newspaper, to wit: The Boston Daily Advertiser
aud the Boston Herald at Boston, in the County Of
Suffolk, and the Norfolk County Gazette at Hyde
Park, in the County of Norfolk all in the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts; the Portland Daily
Press and The Daily Eastern Argus, at Portland in
the County OF Cumberland; the Wing aud Courier
at Bangor. in the County of Penobscot; the Calais
Times at Calais in the County of Washington, and
the Aroostook Pioneer at Houlton in the County of
Aroostook, all in the State of Maine; St. j. Inns
Sun at st. John. and The Capital at Fredericton,
both in the Province of New Brunswick.
By the Court,
JOHN NOBLE, Clerk.
March Is, 1884.
true copy.
Attest JOHN NOBLE, Clerk.
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