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MUST PAY FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY.
The Clerk OF the Court Will Draw the
Jury, Notify the Railroad, and
Proceed According 10 Law.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Cot NrY OF ABBEvILLE.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
Rebecca Scott, Bell Atkins. Lizzie Tolbcrt,
Mary Ann Rogers, j. NJ. Scott, j. !. Scott,
J. W. Scott, and I. A. Tolbert, as trustee for
the above named parties and also for the
infants L. ]. Scott, Frederick Scott, Lea
Scott. Mac Scott, and Gusste Scott, Petition
ers.
Against.
The Georgia, Carolina aud Northern Rrall-
road Company. Respondent.
Petition for ord.r Emp9ns!ing Jnry to as
To Honorable James Adrich, Presiding
Judge Of the Eighth judicial Circuit:
The petition OF the above named petitioners
respectfully showeth unto your Honor rs
follows:
|. That the Georgia, Carolina and Northern
Railroad Company Is u corporation duly char
tered under the laws OF the State OF South
Carolina, and Is now engaged In the construc-
ton of Railroad IN this Stale from Chester,
in the C unity OF Chester, to a point on the
Savannah River In this County near Hestcr,
which railroad Is know as the Georgia, Caro-
lima and Northern Railroad.
III. That the above named petitioner 5. A.
Tolbert, as Trustee for Rebecca Scott, Bell
Atkins, Lizzie Tolbert, Mary Ann Rogers, j.
NJ. Scott, ]. T. Scott, l.; J.. Scott, an infant
aged nineteen years, Lea Scott, nn infant aged
sixteen years, Mac Scott, an infant aged four
teen years, and Gussie Scott, an infant aged
twelve years, Is the owner In fee OF tract OF
land in the County of Abbeville and State
aforesaid containing three hundred aud SIX
ty acres, more or less and bounded by lands
Of the estate OF l.. II. Rykard. deceased. +. V.
Hinton, and others, on which some OF the
other parties herein named reside, and In
which they all have the benitoal interest.
iii. That the said defendant the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern Railroad Company
without the consent and against the earnest
t~fu "a hoo
said tract OF land and is now engaged In grad
Ing and constructing It's railroad through
said tract OF land land.
On hearing the petition In this case; on mo-
tion OF GraydOn & Graydon & Giles, Petition
IL lis ordersd. That the said petition be filed
In the Office OF the Clerk Of the Court OF Com.
mon Pleas for Abbeville County.
II IL further Ordered. That Thomas L. Moore
ESQ.,, give notice TO said Railroad Comps n OF
the time and place OF drawing the jury, and
that he proceed. according to law, to emf anel
a Jury OF twelve TO ascertain the comptnsa.
Lion fnr the use OF the lands required by said
Railroad Company for their right OF way to
James Aldrioh,
Presiding Judge.
". That said railroad Is very near the
dwelling honse on said land In which some OF
the parties above named reside and runs
through the orchard with cut sixteen feet
deep greatly dishguring and injuryind said
land aAd snhjcctins your petitioners to great
annoyan e and Inconvenience and to their
great uaInagr.
order may be granted by your Honor that the
above petition by filed III the office of the
Clerk OF the Court or Common Pleas for Ab-
beville County, and :thut the said Clerk do
men to ascertain and assess the compensa-
tion for the use OF the lands required for said
right OF way, with such special damage as
they may have sustained by season Uf the
construction of said railroad through said
lnnd. Graydon i Graydon & Giles,
Petitioners Attorneys.