Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-06
STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC,
SS.-Supreme

NIN NEBEC, SS.-Supreme judicial
Information and Bill.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in behalf of the
STATE, to the Supreme Judicial Court.
the State of Maine, in behalf of the State
of Maine, and at the relation of Otis
Meader. G; 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
uses which has no proper or legal custo-
diam ana that it is becoming wasted and
FRAT the utility thereof will be lost; that
sal! property IS known as the "uniyersa.
the same is situated on lot of land
which was decided to Archelaus Z. Fuller.
treasurer of the proprietors of the tniver-
salisr Meeting House in said Aioion. on
the 18th day of February. a. u. 1899, said
land being bounded and described rs fol-
lows: viz, certain tract or parcel of
land situated in said .Aib.on nea- the
ing the same land on which the tniver-
salist Meeting, House now STANDS, and
bounded as follows; Beginning un the
Albion corner TO Bangor on the westerly
tine OF land owned or occupied by Charles
OFonnor. and running westerly by the
North line of said road six rods, thirteen
feet, and nine inches; thence north five
degrees west twelve rods: thence easterly
on n line parallel with said road six rods,
thirteen feet nine inches; thence souther-
~ To the first mentioned; being one-haif
acre more or less; as appears 10y decd
recorded in Kennebec Registry OF Deeds
Book Ill, page 1873;
the proprietors of said tniversalis Meet
ing House are all dead. and thad there
are none owning pews in said meeting
house. and that the ownership or sad
meeting house and the lot on which the
same stands, as hereinbefore described.
is entirely unknown to your REALTORS. and
any ownership therein; and said REALTORS
are interested dn having said property
preserved and applied 70 the uses for
which 1t was originally intended.
Therefore. the attorney general In be-
half of said REALTORS hereby files this in
formation and bill in equity against said
in, and prays for the appointment OF q
receiver or receivers or trustees to care
for said property and for the proper APP
plication and disposition thereof. and that
the said court upon final decree may or
der the care. custody. sale, application,
or disposal of said property as Will best
serve the purpose for which 1t was Origi-
naly intended. and that the court will or
der and decree that said property. to wit.
said lot as hereinbefore described and
said Universalist Meeting House. stand
the Maine Universalist convention, the
same being religious body. to be by said
convention neiu ana appiIeu Tor the pur-
pose Of such trust as the court may de-
clare and for such pious uses as may
seeni best suited to the case and situa-
ton. and the court will order such notice
herein as seems proper and that the
costs of these proceedings shall be paid
by the said Universalist convention when
they shall receive deed of said property.
WILLIAM II. HAINES.
As Attorney General of Maine.
IL. 81 STATE OF MAINE.
KEN NERE1t COUNTY Supreme Judi
cal Court, in Vacation Dec. 10th. 1898.
Upon the foregoing bill IN equity In the
M t,ire of an information in equity in the
attorney general of the State of Maine
against the property described and all
persons interested therein, it Is ordered
that notice thereon be given by publish
ing copy of the same with this order
thereon three weeks successfully in the
kennebec Journal a newspaper printed at
Augusta in said county. the last publica-
ton to be at least thirty days before the
first Tuesday of March, A. ID. 1899, that all
persons interested may appear before the
supreme judicial court to be holden at
Augusta within and for the county OF
Kennebec on that day and answer thereto
If they see fit.
VIM. +. WHITEHOUSE,
s.s Justice Supreme judicial Court.
A true copy.
Attest: w. s. CHOATE, Clerk.
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