The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-05-08
CHANCERY SALE.
VALuAlrs SUGAR PLANTATION, hEFISxRY AND
RAILpoAp IN TIE TECHE VALLEY, La. FOR
SALE BY SPECIAL MASTER IN
CHANCERY.

vb.ra.s the sale of the premises hereinafter
desoribed. made on the Goth Of February 1877.
v.s ON the opposition of proper parties at the
ha.rina thereof at the U. S. Circuit Court in the
Vestern District of Louisiana, in the 5th Judi
cial Circuit of the U. g.. decreed by the Sa'd
oourt To be now confirmed and set aside.
Whereas, it was further ordered and decreed
that the said premises be again offered Tor sale
ss hereinafter provided, aud
Whereas. the undersigned was appointed con-
missioner and master by said Court ON the 18th
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 5th Circuit and Western District OF
Louisiana, in the matter of Wm Nj. Loree vs..
the Teche Railroad and Sugar Co., Ltd, ct ais,
rendered ut Monroe on October 10, 1885, aud the
further decree Of said Circuit Court. made at
Shreveport La. Feb. q, 1877. in the said pro-
ceeding, I as said commissioner and master.
will sell at public auction on
SATURDAY. MAY 90. 1887,
between the legal hours of said day. on the pre-
misses hereinafter described, in front OF tho 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, situatedtin the Parish of st. Martin, state
of Louisiana, and bounded on the upper line, or
| north. by the property known Bushville,
owned by Adlin Durio. and on the lower line.
or SOUTH by the property of Charles Lsstrappes
and others, and on the east by the public land
/ L. he WoNho
consisting of part of the Martin Dursede con-
6rmation, the Louis william tract, the Jean Hen
ri Lastrappe tract, and a small 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
oGie Of the register of deeds and mortgages Of
the parish Of st. Martin, under No. 1g72l 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: Lot2 on the lower boundary, containing
1886 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 frum the lots above, as well
as the right to use a reversed road on the lower
line of lot "a running north 50 degrees, q min
utss east. and being go links wide. until the
same intersects another reserve of 20 arpents
from the Bayou Teche, as traced upon the atore-
said plan of survey. thence following said road
- into tn,
line Of lot No. 80 of said plan, and from the
ssid 40 arpent road, which is to he 40 feet wide,
beginning at line separating lot so from lot 10.
running north 50 degrees and 40 minutes east,
and another road so links wide and running
back east to the line of lot IS Of esid plan,
which said ditch and road the owners Of said
lots % and "a shall be free TO use without re-
striction or limitation, save the giving Of their
services TO keep the same in proper order; lot
No 50 back Of the 40 arpents containing l06 and
29-100 arpents; lot No. go which is separated by
a reserved road from lot 50 containing lis and
6l-l00 arpents. for the benefit of which said two
lots tracts the of all Of the aforesaid roads
are expressly reserved as above described with.
out restriction or limitation save the giving Of
their services by the owners to keep the same in
proper order; and for the benefit of said tracts
50 and 90 the privilege and right of drainage
over lots IS, rs and 90 of said plan are also re-
served up to and into coulee which in on said
lot 81. the owners of said lots SO and 90 of said
plan being authorized to connect their drainage
with any ditch or canal by which said lands are
drained; lot No. 80, adjoining said lot II, con.
tanning 40 and f7-1OO arpents, both of which
front ON the public road designated ON said
plan. and for the benefit of said lots IA and IS
the privilege and right of drainage is expressly
reserved into ditch or canal on the upper line
separating the said Huron Plantation from
what is known as Bushville, sold to Alkaline
Durio. all without restriction or limitation, save
the giving of their services by the owners OF
said two lots to keep said ditch or canal in pro-
per order; lot No. Is containing Is and 40LlOO ar.
penis.
The area of the several tracts of land excepted
from this sale amounting to 4ls.S9 arpents are to
be deducted from the total area in his plan OF
survey given by said surveyor. to-wit. 7l9s.9s,
thus leaving 2.S4 arpents, more ur less.
Also will be sold Herewith the sugar mill
and refinery, with cane sheds and other bull.
dings Herewith connected, all Of said buildings
being known as the Huron Sugar Refinery, ~
situated on the Huron plantation, with all the
appurtenances of every kind and nature connec-
ted Herewith.
Together with said plantation and as q part
thereof will sell all the buildings and i'm
provements thereon, except as above reserved.
consisting of:
dwelling, two and one half stories, half brick
balance weather boarded, nine rooms, all plas-