Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-23
STATE OF MAINE.
Judicial

KENNEBEc. ss-supreme Judicial
Court.
Information and Bill.
The Acknowledgement in behalf of the
William T. Haines. attorney general of
the State of Maine. in behalf of the State
Of Maine. and at the relation of Otis
Meader. c. A. Drake. Bradstreet Fuller.
Shorey, all Of Albion. kennebec county.
Maine. and as trustees of the First Uni
versalist parish of said Albion. the in
formants. and complaining shows to the
court in behalf of the State of Maine, as
follows. viz: that there is in said Albion
property dedicated and ordained for pious
dian, ana that itsis becoming wasted and
that the utility thereof will be lost; that
said property is known as the Universal
list Meeting House of Albion, and that
which was decided to Archelaus P. Fuller.
treasurer of the proprietors of the Cniyer-
salist Meeting House in said Albion, on
the 18th day of February. A. D. 1853, said
land being bounded and described as fol.
lows: viz. a certain tract or parcel of
land situated in said Albion near the
dwelling house of John Wellington IT pc
ing the same land on which the univer,,
salist Meeting House now stands and
bounded as follows: Beginning on the
north side of the road leading from
line of land owned or occupied by Charles
O'Connor, and running westerlysby the
north line of said road six rods, thirteen
feet and nine inches; thence north flve
degrees west twelve rods; thence easterly
on line parallel with said road six rods,
thirteen feet nine inches; thence soutner..
ly to the first mentioned; being one-nai.
acre more or less: as appears by deed
recorded in Kennebec Registry of DEEDS
Book Ill. page 49S;
And that said Archelaus p. Fuller ana
the proprietors of said Universalist Meet
ing House are all dead, and that there
are none owning pews IN said meetlns
house, and that the ownership sof salu
meeting house and the lot on when tae
same stands as hereinbetore descrlpeu;
is entirely Unknown to your REALTORS, anu
that no one claims or pretends TO nave
any ownership therein, and said REALTORS
ARE Ina ap snf 10 sa he pses
Which Which i it was r or .ifRiF intended.
Therefore. the attorney general IN pc
half of said relators hereby files this ~,
formation and bill in equity against sal silly
property and all persons interested tnere,
in, and prays for the appointment OF =
receiver or receivers or trustees TO care
for said property and for the proper ap.
plication and disposition thereof. and tnat
the said court upon final decree may or
der the care, custody. sale. appicailo,
or disposal of said properly as WI" or III.
nally intended, and that the court VIII ~
der and decree that said property, 70 W." wa
said lot as hereinbefore described aa ~.
said Universalist Meeting House. stan 70
ing thereon, shall be conveyed by deeu NC No
the Maine Universalist convention, Ma
same being a religious body. to be by sur.
convention held and applied for the paa
pose of such trust as the court may
clare and for such pious uses as . Ill.,
seem best suited to the case ana slt ,aco
ton, and the court will order Sucn a no me
herein as seems proper, and tnat I'D
costs of these proceedings shall De g S.,,
by the said Universalist convention WIZ VIZ,
they shall receive a deed of said properly
WILLIAM T. HAlNES,
AS Attorney General of MAINE.
IL. s. STATE OF MAINE.
KF.NNEBEC COUNTY.-Supreme ~, Juui-
cial Court in Vacation Dec. Uth, lSSs;
Upon the foregoing bill in equity IN w
nature of an Information In equity Y VIZ
attorney general of the State OF Mali,1 ~
against the property described ana ~
persons interested therein. it IS ordereu,
that notice thereon be given by puplSsnns.
ing copy of the. same with TINS Or ~
thereon three weeks successively u Va IA
Kennebec Journal a newspaper prln5SSSu;x NJ
Augusta in said county, the last punhscs..ss
ton to be at least thirty days before tsl 81
first Tuesday of March, "A. ID. dSsS. tnat /. u.
persons interested may appear DeIose Nv
supreme judicial court to be nolden ~
Augusta within and for the county, y
Kennebec on that day and answer tne1eso
III they see fit. ,
Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
6 Attest aass ' w. s. cIIoATE, Clerk.
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