Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-07
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To the Honorable Justices OF the Supreme
Judicial Court next to be holden at Els
worth, within and for the county of Han
cock, State of Maine, on the third Tuesday
of January, A. ID. 1900.
ID OBERT Able, of the city, county and
III state of New York respectfully repre-
sents and gives this honorable court to be in
formed as follows:
l. That your petitioner is in possession Of
real property situated at Bar harbor, Ham
cock county, State OF Maine, bounded and de-
scribed follows:
Two parcels of land designated as and B,
to wit:
Lot A. Bounded northeasterly by French
mans bay; southeasterly by land of May w.
Bowler; southwesterly by the county road,
and northwesterly by land of heirs or de-
visees of Mary E. Hafght.
Lot b. Bounded southeasterly by Duck
Brook and on the other three sides by land Of
heirs or devisees Of Mary e. Haight.
Said lots and being all the same land
described as conveyed to Robert Able by two
deeds, to wit:
Deed from Clara Ward Farrar Smith dated
Sept. 2, 1882 and recorded Oct. 6, 1899, in the
Hancock county registry of deeds. book 242,
page 81, and deed from Emeline b. Buck to
Robert Able dated Oct: o 1893, and recorded
in said registry, book 242, page 224. 80
2. That your petitioner and his predeces-
sors in title under whom he claims have been
described real estate for more than ten years
prior to the date Of this bill, claiming an es-
tate Of freehold to wit, an estate in fees sim
8. The source Of the petitioners title is the
deeds mentioned and described in the first
Of this EXISTS
persons, TO wit: Ezra Young and Jeremiah
Stevens, formerly Of Eden, in said Hancock
wich, Massachusetts, and William Read,
formerly Of Marblehead, Massachusetts,, or
persons unknown, claiming as heirs, devisces
under said persons named in this para
graph claim some right, title or interest in
the premises adverse to the estate Of your Pc
s. That such apprehension creates cloud
upon the title and depreciates the market
Your petitioner therefore brings his peti-
tion under Public Acts Of 1895, Chapter IS,
and prays that the persons named in the 4th
paragraph hereof, and all persons claiming
as heirs, devisees or assigns, in any 9th s
way BY, through or under them may be sum-
moned to show cause why they should not
Uses described. ROBERT Able.
by his attorney, L. b. Deasy.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK ss:-Jan. IS, 1900.
I, Luere B. Deasy, attorney for the above
named petitioner, hereby make affidavit that
according to my best information and belief,
Ezra Young, Jeremiah Stevens, William Read
and David Hodgk ins named in the 4th para
graph OF this petition are deceased, or If not
deceased are living outside the limits of the
State of Maine. / also hereby make affidavit
that the other supposed claimants, to wit:
persons claiming by, through under said
persons named are unknown to said Robert
Able and his attorney. l. B. DEAsY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
l.. 5. CLARK,
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK ss:-Supreme Judicial Court, jan
uary term. A. ID. 1900.
Upon the foregoing petition, ordered: That
the petitioner give notice to Ezra Young,
Jeremiah Stevens, David Hodgkins and Will
liam Read and all persons claiming as heirs,
devisees or assigns, or in any other way by,
through or under said persons to appear be-
fore the Justice of our Supreme judicial
Court, to be holden at Ellsworth, within and
for the county of Hancock, on the second
Tuesday of April, A. d. 1900, by publishing an
attested copy of this petition, and this order
thereon, three weeks successfully in the Els
worth American newspaper printed in Els
worth, in our county of Hancock, the last
publication to be thirty days at least prior to
the second Tuesday of April next, that they
may then and there appear and answer to
said suit. LuciLfus A. EMERY.
January %, 1900. Presiding Justice.
a true copy of the petition and order of
court thereon.
Attest:-JoHN F. KNowLroN. Clerk.