St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-07-29
Petition for License.

To the Honorable Walter P. Smith, Judge
of Probate, for the District of c aledonia, the
petition of Thomas B. Roy of San Geronimo,
in Marin County. California, represents
That he is the duly appointed and qualified
Executor of the estate of !. abel Roy, late OF
Barnet deceased; that he, about the last OF
Tuly 1902, made contract with said Isabel
for the purchase OF the whole OF the Teal es-
tate which said Isabel then owned in Barnet.
in Caledonia County. VT. for the sum OF
three thousand dollars $4,000 and she then
agreed to deed the same to him by proper
deeds of conveyance; SAID sale lncludeu some
personal property, consisting of stock, hay,
tools, etc that the sale OF said real estate
and personal property was later completed
by the conveyance to Ezra j. Roy OF por-
ton of the estate which said Isabel owned in
said Barnet, consisting of the so-called
IN ountain Lot" the 'Jewett Place" and
the Brock Place." making up two hundred
acres, more or less, and proper deed OF the
said real estate was executed by the SAID
Isabel to the said Ezra ]. at the request OF
the petitioner. The personal property was
turned over by said Isabel to the said Ezra
and the said Ezra paid to the SAID Isabel
the sum which the said Ezra and the petit
toner had agreed should be paid, to Wit,
the sum of thirteen hundred dollars ($13OO);
and the said real estate and personal prop
erty has remained in the said Ezra J, Roy's
possession and control ever since.
The petitiouer SAYS that earlier than the
said conveyance to the said Ezra, your Pc
titioner leased to said Ezra the home place,
socalled on which the said Isabel then resided.
of about one hundred acres, for the period of
three years and the said Ezra entered upon
Dossessjon of the same under said lease and
is still in possession, that among the other
property which said Isabel owned was the
Manchester place of about fifty acres and
this was rented by the petitioner and was
occupied by the tenant of the petitioner at
the time of said Isabel's death.
The petitioner further says that no deed
was ever executed by said Isabel of the home
Mace and Manchester place, as was agreed
nnon between him and said Isabel that he is
ready to pay the balance of the purchase
price to wit, seventeen hundred dollars
fS17OO) to said estate upon the delivery OF
a proper deed of conveyance.
He asks that the court issue the proper
notice and that time may be fixed for hear
ing and that upon hearing said court grant
lice nse to convey said lands to petitioner
q greeablv with said contract, that the court
make and execute to the petitioner proper
conveyance of the home place and Manches-
ter place in accordance with the provisi ms
of section 2493 v. S. t. B. ROY.
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate Court held at the Probate Of
flee in St. Johnsbury IN SAG District on the
1t is ordered by said court that the fore
going application be referrt d to the 31st day
of July, A. D. 1908, at the Probate Office, in
st. Tohnsbury, for hearing and decision there
on and it is further ordered that all persons
interested, be notified hereof by publication
of notice of this application and order there
on, three weeks successfully in the Caledonian
printed at st. Johnsbury before said time OF
hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place, and, if they see cause, object there
to- By the Court. Attest,
WAITER p SMITH Judge