St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-01-18
Legal Notices.
Perpetuation of Testimony.
Will Dam at 81. j ohn-bury, vi.

I, Charles u Jones ui St. Johnsbury, in the
county OF caledonia. Leing duly sworn de-
pose and say am the owner and hold the
legal title to the lrIst mill at st. Johnsbury
Center in said St. OhnSburY, and The lot OF
land on which the gr.sr mill stanos. and
am the owner of an interest in the dam and
water privilege on the PasSumpsic river in
said village, and am the owner, and claim to
be the owner OF the first right OF water from
said dam, and the owner of the right to
build and maintain said dam a level two
inches above the top of a certain ledge in said
river a few feet above said dam, and l ex-
pect that my right to build and maintain
said dam up to SAID height will be the sub
ject OF legal controversy by the riparian
owners on said Passumpsc river above and
up the river from said dam, and 1 expect
Nellie Thompson, wife of said James Thorn D.
son, Amos Sanborn, Ed. Fliut, Alonzo Brown
Benjamin F. Gagnon, Delos NJ. Bacon, Van
Buren 3. Hill, Jerome c. Bacon, Josiah Pierce
Abel A. Pierce, Lois Ann Green and Horace
! Green, her husband, Calvin Bowker, L. d.
Stiles Alvin Simpson, Harry Brook, Tracey
Wiley, Isaac Robinson and Freeman Pierce,
George Hallett, Mrs. Sarah Sargent, town OF
st. Johnsbury, all OF St. Johns bury in the
county OF Caledonia, and the Boston and
Maine Railroad Company and the Connecti-
cut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad Compa-
ny, and other riparian owners said Pas
/ sumpsic river above said dam whom L am
unable to name, and all of said parties above
come parties to said legal con tro Versy against
said right to maintain said dam as above
/ stated.
further say that the testimony of Hollis
5. Pierce, Hiram d. Pierce, Prem tiSS L. Pierce
crawford Ranney, Walter Wright and H AIRY
Stanley of st. JohnSbury, and each of them
is material IN support of the right of myself
as above set forth and against any claim to
the contrary OF or in diminutiOn of said right,
and eSire to perpetuate the testimony of
all said witnesses and each of them rela-
tive to said subject matter and desire the
necessary steps taken to give notice to all
! the parties interested, and to have such
testi1n ony taken by and before the Hon.
| court of the state of Vermont, as soon as
! legally may be in perpetuam
J Subscribed and sworn to this 9th day OF
January, 1894. Before me,
JONATHAN Ross,
Judge of Supreme Court.
The foregoing application of Charles D.
! Jones being made to me to take TESTING ny in
perpetuarn, you. the said James Thompson,
! Nellie Thompson, Amos Sanborn, Ed Flint
B Delos M. Bacon, AlonzO Brown, BENJAMIN F.
/ Gagnon, Van Buren, 3. Hill, Jerome {. Bacon
/ Horace Green, Calvin Bowker, L. D. Stiles
Alvin Simpson, Fl AIRY Brook, Tracey Wiley
! Halett. Sarah Sargent. Town of st. Johns
! bury. all of St Johnsbury, in the county OF
Rivers Railroad, and Boston and Maine
! Railroad, operating the Connecticut and
Passumpsic Rivers Railroad. having their
/ principal office of business in Lyndon, in said
county, and all other unknown parties who
I are or may be interested in the rights SET
forth in said affidavit will take notice that
Will attend to taking the testimony of the
| witnesses named in said affidavit at the
office of Alexander Dunnett in st. Johnsbury
aforesaid, at O'Clock in the forenoon O
February ~. 1894, at which time and place
they may appear and be heard in the examn
alton OF said witnesses. This notice to be
/ served on the parties named like a writ o
sum I'M OnS by any sheriff or constable, and tC
| be served on the unknown parties by the
| publication of this affidavit and notice three
! weeks successfully in the CaledOnian, news
paper published in said St. Iohusbury, the
last of which shall be at least 20 days before
the time of taking such testimony
Given under my hand this 9Th day o
January, 1894.
jonathan ROSS
Judge of Supreme Court.