Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-02-28

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To the Honorable Justices of the Supreme
judicial Court next to be holden at Z lis
worth, within and for the county OF Han
COCK, state OF Name, on the .1ird Tuesday
OF January. a. u. 1870
RoBERT ABE, Of the city, county and
~ state OF New York, respectfully repre-
sents and gives this honorable court to be in
formed as Follows:
/. That your petitioner Is in possession of
real property situated at Bar Harbcr, Han.
cock county. State of Maine, bounded and de.
scribed as follows:
Two parcels OF land designated as A and b,
to wit:
Lot A. Bounded northeasterly by French
mans bay; southeasterly by land of May W.
Bowler; southwesteriy by the county road,
and northwesteriy by land of heils or de-
visees of Mary Haight.
Lot b. Bounded southeasterly by Duck
Brook and on the other three sides by land of
heirs or devsees Of Mary Il. Haight
said lots and b being all the same land
described as conveyed TO Robert ADbe by Two
deeds, to wit:
Deed from Clara Ward Farrar Smith dated
Sept. >, lsa3 aud recorded Oot. 6, 1855, in the
Hancock county registry of deeds book 2l2
page u, and deed trem EmcIine b buck 10
Robert Able dated Oct. 2, 80. and recorded
in said registry, book 2i2 page 22i.
2. That your petitioner and his prcdeces-
sors in title under whom he claims have pCen
in uninterrupted possession of said lbeNe-
described real estate for more than ten years
pfior to the date oil this bin, Gaining III ts-
tate OF freehold. TO VII, an estate III tess SIM
pie therein.
3 The source of the petitioners title is the
deeds mentioned and described in the Ii st
paragraph Of this petition.
:. That an apprehension exists that certain
persons, to VII: Ezra Young and jeremiah
stevens, formerly OF Eden, in said Hancock
county, David Hodgkins, formerly OF Ips-
wi h, Massachusetts,, and William Read,
formerly of Marblehead, Massachusetts, or
persons unknown claiming as heirs. devlsees
or assigns or in some other way by through
or under said persons named in this para
graph claim some right, title or interest i'll
the prem SEES adverse to the estate of your pc
titioner therein.
5. That such apprehension creates a cloud
upon the title and depreciates the market
va ue OF said property.
Your petitioner therefore brings his petit
ton under Public Acts of 1885 Cha pier 50,
and prays that the persons named in the ith
paragraph hereof, and all persons claiming
As heirs, devisees or assigns, or in any other
way by, through or under them may be sum
moned TO show cause why they should not
bring an action TO try their title to the prem
Uses described. ROBERT Abe.
January Is, 1866.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK ss:-Jan. p, 1910.
l, Luere b. Deasv. attorney for the above
named petitioner, hereby make affidavit that
according to my best information ana belief,
Ezra Young, Jeremiah Stevens William Read
and David Hodgkins named in the 4th para
graph of this petition are deceased, or ii 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 or under said
persons named are unknown to said Robert
Able and his attorney. l.. b. DEAsY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
E. S. CLARK,
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK ss:-Supreme Judicial Court. jan
uaTy term, A. ID. 1900.
Upon the foregoing petition, ordered: That
the petitioner give notice to Ezra Young.
jeremiah Stevens, David Hodgkins and " il
liam Read, and all persons claiming as heirs,
devisees or assigns. or in any other way by,
through under said persons to appear be
fore the Justice of our Supreme judicial
Court, to be holden at Ellsworth, within and
Tor the county of Hancock, on the second
Tuesday of April. A. ID. 1900, by publishing an
attested copy of this petition, and this order
thereon, three weeks successfully in the Els
worth American, a newspaper printed in Ell s
worth, in our county of Hancock, the last
publication to be thirty days at least prior to
the second Tuesday OF April next, that the y
may then and there appear and answer to
said suit LUCILIUs A. EMERY,
January IS, 1900. Presiding Justice.
A true copy of the petition and order of
court thereon.
Attest:-JoHN f. KNowLroN. Clerk.