Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-08-03


WALWORTH.
IN CHANcERY, ORLEANS COUNTY, SEPTEMBER
TERM, 1896. ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Whereas, there has been fled by the Orator, Is
rael Trudeau of Coventry in the County of Orleans
and State of Vermont, his bin against Clarissa
Field of Newport in the County of Orleans, Albert
L. Field of Onset in the County Of Plymouth in the
State of Massachu etts Osman l.. Field, of Low
ell in the County of Middlesex and State of Mas
sachusetts, George b. Young, of Minneapolis in
the County of Hennepln and State of Minnesota,
and George D. Walworth, of Worcester in the
State of Massachusetts,, in substance complaining:
That on the 26th day OF August. 1927, one Gavin
Hartman and d. w. Hartman were tie owners of
certain premises in Coventry in said County of Or
leans and State of Vermont winch were situated on
and across Black River in said Coventry, and en-
braced certain mill privileges and water rights on
said river, and also saw-ml on the right bank of
said river just below said dam, and also just below
said saw-rnll, and on the side of said river,
was a grist-mil, all on the premises then owned by
said Harmans And being the owner OF said prem
ises aforesaid, on the day last mentioned they,
the said Calvin and ID. w. Hartman, conveyed
part thereof and being that part upon which said
grist mill stood, to John Clark and Lewis Clark, of
st. Iohnsbnry. Luther p Park of Barnet and Eli
iah Cleveland of Coventry, partners under the name
of Elijah Cleveland & Co. by waTantee deed, in
which it was expressed that said Cleveland s. Co.
were to be at one-half the expense of keeping the
dam in repair said premises conveyed as last fore-
Coventry Said premises hereinafter referred
to the grist-mill premises. And further setting
forth that on the 9th day of April, 1886, the said
Calvin Hartman conveyed certain Other portions of
said premises and water rights, being part of lot
No. 1O7 in said Coventry, to Elijah Cleveland by
deed wherein it was provided as follows: Provided
nevertheless that it is understood and agreed that
the said e. Cleveland shall be holden and bound to
be one-twentieth part of the expense of keeping
the dam in repair from which the above water is 70
be taken, said premises beng hereinafter referred
to the starch factory premises. And further rep
reSenting that on the 18th day of June 1870 said
Hartman conveyed right to draw water from said
dam =. E. Herbert, by warrantee deed contain
ing no condition to keeping dam in repair de-
scribed as follows The right of drawing from the
dam Black River water for the purpose of
doing ali things in carrying on the tanning and
dressing of leather, provided that all times said
water shall not be used for any other purpose nor
to the injury of privileges granted heretofore for
other purposes; which said right to draw water
from said dam, in said deed, conveyed to said Her
bert his heirs and assigns forever, said last above
described right being referred to as the tanning
right. And further representing that afterwards
on the 9th dav of February 1874 said Harmed
conveyed said saw-mil1 and premises connected
Herewith to Elijah Cleveland by quit claim deed
described follows All right and title that have
in the following lands in the township of Coventry
in said County, described as follows All that narr+
of lot No. 107 that lies on the west side Of the
road leading to Troy, said last above described
premises being hereinafter referred to the saw
mill premises
And further representing that the said grist m; II
premises conveyed by the said Calvin Harman and
81 w Hartman to said Cleveland G. Co., we've s1b
sequently conveyed by said Elijah Cleveland TO r.
DALEY and by the administrator of e. Dailey ~
O. r. DALEY, and by G.. r. Daley to B. r Fila
Lane, who obtained decee of foreclosure Of the
same and which decree became absolute and aftar
said decree became absolute said Lane convavad
the same TO the said defendant, Ciarissa Field IND
deed said premises to defendant, George B. Ya73nss
and afterwards quit-claimed the said premises 70
defendant Osman Field; but your Orator is infor,T,
ed and believes that said Clarlssa Field still has an