Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-05
pETITION TO SELL REAL EsTATR,
STATE OF ILLINOIS, l.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS,
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY u.s.
County Court Of said county, to the June term.
A. d. 1899.
Abraham Merchant, administrator Of the estate
OF Ma garrett Sears, deceased, vs.. Mary Mer-
chant, l.. Merchant K. N. Merchant, Christina
Traverse, Mary Zahniser, Elizabeth simpson
Sarah A. McClell n, Annie Snyder, LuciI da
silveris, Mia smith Lizzie Fyffe, Louise Hor-
ner Albert Merchant, James Ne con, Albert
Nelson, Susan Leary, Jesse Smith, Bird smith,
Phebe Smith, Mary Eta Miller. William NJ .
Grill, Minnie M. Grill and Eva A. Wheeler :
Petition TO g. II Real Estate to paw debts
Affidavit of the non-residence of the defendants
above named having been filed in the office Of
the clerk OF the County court of Rock Island
dants and each of them that the said plaintiff,
Abraham Merchant, administrator of the estate of
Margaret j. Sears, deceased has filed his petition
IN the SAID comfy court OF Rock Island county for
an order tos Ii the premises belonging to the es-
tate OF said deceased, or so much of it as may be
needed to pay the debts of said deceased, and de-
scribed as follows, towit:
Beginning at the center corner Of section Ia,
township II north, in range west of the 4th p
NJ; thence east on the half-section line - 81
chains; thence south at right angles chains TO
Rock river; thence west with said river TO a point
where the half section line running north and
south through said section intersects said
ton line to the north side OF Tower street
10 the town of Sears thence south 500. . west
along the north side of said Tower street 2 "a
chains; thence north parallel with the half sec
ton line (var. 7o 40') 6 81 chains: thence east
2 ~ chains TO point on the half section line 60
feet south of said center corner; thence north 60
Feet TO the place of beginning: excepting an re-
serving therefrom the lands heretofore convened
to the Rock Island Cotton Manufacturing Com
pany and also the lands heretofore convened To
Richard Mansll 4 Co., by deeds recorded reepec-
lively in book 90 of deeds page 81 and book SO of
deeds at page 26S Of the records of SAID Rock Isl
ana county, said tract containing 9 90 acre. more
or less, also lots and in block 10 in the town
OF Sears; also acre described as follows to-wit
Beginning 3OoA feet west of the Il section corner
on the east side of the northwest quarter of sec
tlon IA township IL north, range west OF the 4th
I. NJ. running thence south 113 feet; thence west
3o Feet to the southeast corner of the old grave
yard; thence north lib feet; thence west 19s feet
thence south lib feet to the southwest corner OF
the old grave yard; thence west Sc feet; thence
north 245 feet to the south line Of Rodman's land
thence east 2694 feet; thence south 1872 feet to
the place Of beginning, all in the county of Rock
Island and state OF Illinois. And that q summons
has been issued out of said court against you re-
turnable at the June term, 1885, of said court to
be holden on the first Monday of June, 1889, al
the Court house in Rock Island in said county
Now, unless You and each Of you shall personally
be and appear before said County court on the
first day of term to be holden at said Court hou
on the first Monday OF July. 1889, aud plead, an
swer or demur TO the said petition filed therein,
TIE same and the matters and things therein
charged and stated will be taken as CONF ssed and
q decree entered against you according to the
prayer Of said petition.
Rock Island, ILL.,, May 81 1882
R. A DONALDSON Clerk
ADAIR PLEAsANrs, Attorney for Petitioner
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