The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-01-18
Creditors Petition.

in bankruptcy.
Creditors Petition.
To the honorable Nathan Webb, Judge OF
the District Court of the United States for
the District of Maine:
The petition of Mlliken Tomlinson Com
pany, of Portland County of Cumberland,
and State of Maine, and II. S. Melcher Co.,
Z. M. Steadman & Co., Conant Patrick & Co.,
Chss. B. Varney Co., Elias Thomas Co.. all OF
Portland in the County of Cumberland and
State of Maine and Fletcher & Co. of Port
land in the County of Cumberland and State
Of Maine, respectfully shows:
That Wallace w Cooley of Madison,
County of Somerset, and State of Maine, has
for the greater portion of six months next
preceding the date of filing this petition, had
his principal place of business and resided at
Madison, in the County OF Somerset, and
State and District aforesaid, and owes debts
to the amount of 81 900, but has since gone
to parts unknown.
That the number of all the creditors of said
Wallace W. Cooley is more than twelve.
That your petitioners are creditors of said
Wallace w. Cooley having provable claims
amounting in the aggregate in excess OF
securities held by them, to the sum of $500.
That the nature and amount of your petition
ers' claims are as follows: Milliken Tom
linson Co. account merchandise, S4I2I2.I
IL. S. Meeher Co., account mdse, amt.
S2I9 7o-Ioo +. M. Steadman & Co., acct.
mdse., amt. S42o 43 100; Conant Patrick <
CO., acct mdse., amt. $500 50 100; Chas. B.
Varney Co., acct. mdse., amt. 1927 20 100;
Elias Thomas Co., acct. mdse., amt. SI44 !;
Fletcher x Co., acct. mdse., amt S32o 5IIoo.
And your petitioners further represent that
said Wallace w. Cooley is insolvent, and that
within four months next preceding the date
of this petition, the said Wallace w. Cooley
committed an act Of bankruptcy, in that he
did heretofore, to-wit, on the ninth day OF
September, A. d. 1890, made a general as
signment for the benefit of creditors Edward
n. Merrill of Skowhegan in the County OF
Somerset and State of Maine.
Wherefore your petitioners pray that ser
vice of this petition, with a subpoena, may be
made upon Wallace w. Cooley as provided in
the acts of Congress relating to bankruptcy,
and that he may be adjudged by the Court to
be bankrupt within the purview of said
acts
MHIIKEN TOMLINsoN Co.,
by Chas O. Haskell, Treasurer
H. ,. M EltltEk va
by II. S. Melcher, President
CHAs. b. VARNEY Co,
by NJ. A. Holden, Clerk.
ELIAS THOMAS Co.,
by Elias Thomas, IT,, Treas
L. NJ. STEADMAN & Co.
CoNANT PATRICK & Co.
FLETCHER & Co.
EDWARD N. MERRILL,
Attorney for Petitioners
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DISTRICT
OF MAINE, IS. County, Somerset.
Milliken Tomlnson Co. by their Treas
Chas o. Haskell, II. S. Melcher & Co. by
their Pres. II. S. Melcher, and c. B. Varney
Co. by their Clerk NJ. A. Holden, being three
of the petitioners above named, do hereby
make solemn oath that the statements con-
tanned in the foregoing petition, subscribed
by them, are true.
MILLIKEN ToMLINsoN Co.,
by Chas. O. Haskell, Treasurer
II. S. MELCHER Co.,
by II. S. Mecher, Pres
CHAs. B. VARNEY Co.,
by NJ. A. Holden, Clerk
Petitioners
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
9Th day of Dec. A. d. 1890.
T SEAL A. +. LAUGHLIN,
IL. S. Notary Public.