The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-22
CHANCERY SALE.
VALUABLE SUGAR PLANTATION, RETINEHr AND
RAILROAD IN THE TEcHE VALLEY. La, FOR
SALE BY SPECIAL MASTER IN
CHANCERY.


da.cr;bed. made ON the 10Th of February 1851. |
was on the opposition of proper parties at the
hearing thereof at the U. s. Circuit Court in the
Western District of Louisiana, in the 5th Judi
cial Circuit of the U. g., decreed by the said
court to be now confirmed and set aside.
Whereas, it was further ordered and decreed
that the said premises be again offered Tor sale
as hereinafter provided. aud
Whereas. the undersigned was appointed con-
missioner and master by said Court on the 9th
day of February 1897, to sell the said premises.
now therefore
BY virtue of an order and decree Of the Hon.
orable Circuit Court of the United States, In
and for the 9Th Circuit and Western District OF
Louisiana, in the matter of VIM. NJ. Loree Va.
the Teche Railroad and Sugar Co., Ltd, ct ais,
rendered at Monroe on October 10, 1895, and the
further decree of said Circuit Court. made at
Shreveport. La. Feb. "a, 1897, in the said pro-
ceeding, as said commissioner and master,
will sell at public auction on
SATURDAY. MAY %. 1897.
between the legal hours of said day, on the pre-
misses hereinafter described, in front OF the Of
fee of the Teche Railroad and Sugar Company
thereon, the following described property. TO-
wit:
A certain plantation konwn as the "Stephanie
Plantation" and now called the Huron Planta-
ton, situatediin the Parish of st. Martin. state
of Louisiana, and bounded on the upper line. or
north, by the property known as Bushville.
owned by Adm Durio. and on the lower line.
or south. by the property OF Charles Lastrappes
and others, and on the cast by the public land
and others. and on the weet by Bayou Teche;
consisting of part of the Martin Dursede con-
firmation, the Louis william tract. the Jean Hen
| ri Lastrappe tract, and email portion of the
Pierre Guidry tract fronting on the Bayou Teche
! and the lands in the rear thereof; the whole is
more fully described and designated on the plan
and survey thereof made by 8. Valery Martin,
United States Deputy Surveyor, dated the 10th
of August. 1885, a copy of which is on file in the
ofie of the register of deeds and mortgages OF
the parish of st. Martin, under No. 1924 of the
Archives.
The following described tracts of land, inclu-
ded in he above description of said plantation
/! but not part thereof. are exempted from this
sale, Lot "A on the lower boundary, containing
$3.50 arpents; lot %. Immediately above or north
of lot "a, containing $3.50 arpents, and for the
benefit of both of said lots or tracts the privi-
lege and right is expressly reserved to drain in
to certain ditch in the upper line of lot %
dividing the same from the lots above, as well
as the right to use a reversed road on the lower
line of lot "a running north IS degrees, q min
utas east. and being so links wide, until The
! same intersects another reserve of 10 arpentt
from the Bayou Teche. as traced upon the afore
said plan of survey, thence following said road
from said point of intersection up to the uppel
line Of lot No. go of said plan. and from tn,
said 10 arpent road. which is to be 40 feet wide
beginning at line separating lot SO from lot 90
running north Sc degrees and 10 minutes east
and another road 80 links wide and running
back east to the line of lot 90 of eaid plan
, which said ditch and road the owners of sale
lots % and a shall be free to use without re
striction or limitation, save the giving of thei
services to keep the same in proper order; 10
No 50 back of the 10 arpents containing 10s ant
29-lO0 arpents; lot No. 60 which is separated b.
, reserved road from lot 50 containing 11S ant
6l-lOO arpents, for the benefit of which said tw'
lots or tracts the use of all of the aforesaid road
arc expressly reserved as above described with
out restriction or limitation save the giving o
their services by the owners to keep the same il
proper order; and for the benefit of said tract
= 50 and 60 the privilege and right of drainag
over lots IS, rs and 90 of said plan are also re
3 served up to and into coulee which in on sal
lot 9s, the owners Of said lots SO and so OF sal
plan being authorized to connect their drainag
with any ditch or canal by which said lands ar
drained: lot No. 80, adjoining said lot IA, con
tanning 40 and 47-l00 arpents, both of whic
, front on the public road designated on sal
, plan, and for the benefit of said lots II and 8
the privilege and right of drainage is espressl
= reserved into a ditch or canal on the upper lin
separating the said Huron Plantation fror
what is known as Bushville, sold to Adalin
Durio. all without restriction limitation, saw
a the giving of their services by the owners G
said two lots to keep said ditch or canal in Pre-
per order; lot No. Is containing Is and l0-10c al
: pents.
The area of the several tracts of land excepte
from this sale amounting to 41s.s9 arpents are I
5 be deducted from the total area in his plan c
, survey given by said surveyor. to-wit, 1888
thus leaving 67s2.3a arpents, more or less.
. Also will be sold Herewith the "sugar mi
and refinery" with cane sheds and other bui
dings Herewith connected. all of said building
being known as the Huron Sugar Refinery.
situated on the Huron plantation with all th
: appurtenances of every kind and nature come,
q ted Herewith.
Together with said plantation and as a pa
= thereof will sell all the buildings and in
q provements thereon, except as above reserves
consisting Of:
!, ldwelling. two and one half stories, half brio
q balance weather boarded, nine rooms. all pla
, tered and ceiled, two stack chimneys.