Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-09-06

80" ,,:s IN the Clerks office of
tue circuit COURT of Tazewell coun-
ty, July II, 1901.
H,'~aoeth Carter and Daniel Carter.
ner husband, A. J. May. s. ID. NAV
Complainants.
Against : In Chancery.
The children and helrs at law Of
rhomas Owens, deceased, and the ds-
scencents OF said children aud heirs nj
law whose names. ar, unknown. and
tue childran and heirs at law of Andrew
owens, deceased, and the descendants.
Oh said children and heirs at law. whose
names are unknown; John w. Shrader.
John w, Daniel, Dexter b. Daniel and
Edward w. Clark. George q. Thomas
and sabin w. Cotton, Jr., the three last
named, surviving trustees of Flat Ton
Coal Land Association. Defendants
The object of this suit is to set up and
establish a deed made by Thomas Ow-
ems in his life time, to the complainant.
Elizabeth Carter, whereby tho saiA
Thomas Owens conveyed to the said
Elizabeth Carter, IA tract OF lend, con-
tanning l43 acres, lying in Tazewel
county, State ofVirginia, on the ridge
between the Low Gap Branch aud
Horse Pen Greek and on Horse Pen
creek and Low Gap Branch, which
said tract of land was granted by the
Commonwealth of Virginia to Andrew
Owens, on The 2nd day of October, 1854:
the said deed made by the said Thomas
Overs TO the said Elizabeth Carter
having been lost or destroyed, this
suit having been instituted aa authorized
under 280l OF the Code of Virginia
Edition OF 1887; tho further object of
the suit Is TO extract any right or title.
legal or equitable which may, at any
time have been i'm the said Andrew
Owens or his children, heirs at law and
descendants, or in Thomas o wens, his
childr N, IA law aud descendants.
and vest sa the complainants in
this suit; Also TO confirm and ratify the
proceedings and decree in the chancsry
cause or Daniel Carter aud wife
against Boyd Owens and others
relating 20 the said 143 acre tract OF
land, and lately pending in and deter
mined by the said Circuit Court of
Iazewel County, and aiso TO quiet the
title and possession OF the said complains
ants to said l43 acres tract OF land. and
Tor general relief; and iJ appearing from
affidavit ON file in this snit and from the
bill, that there are persons interested In
the subject matter OF litigation, whose
names are unknown, to~wit, the children
and heirsat law OF Thomas Owens, decd.
and the descendants OF said children and
heirs no law, and the children and heirs
at law oil Andrew Owens. deceased, aud
the descendants OF said children and
heirs mt law, and that said persons are
made defendants tn said bill by the
above description, and that said parties
are unknown; and il also further appear
ing from affidavit, that the defendants.
John w. Shrader and EdwardI w.
Clark, George q. Thomas and sabin w.
Cotton, Jr., the last three surviving
trustees OF the Flat Top Coal Land As
sociation, are not residents OF this
state, IL is ordered that they, each aud
All appear here, within fifteen days after
due publication of this order, and DO
what IL necessary TO protect their inter
ests in this suit, and il is further ordered
that all persons interested in this suit
appear and look after their interests, az
provided under Section 2301, Code of
Virginia, Edition OF 1887 And Il is furs
Their ordered that copy hereofbe publish
ed III the CLINcH VALLEY NBws, a news
paper published weekly in the Town Of
Tazewell, Virginia, as prescribed by law.
aud that copies hereof be posted as re-
CURED by law.
A copy-Teste:
III. BASE HARMAN, Clerk.
a. j. May, Henry 4 Graham, ATTORNEYS