Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-02-24
Eena1 @ntices.
STATE OF VERMONT. windbam County, SIS.
JOHN L. BYARD.
EDWARD b. BATCHELDER, Chancery.
JOHN L. BYAR
Guaruidn OF
Walter W. Buck and
Dapl.A, Dab

ID.
Guardian of April Term,
Walter w. Buck and 1905.
Reuben Park.
Whereas the petition of John L. Byard of
Southboro, in the County of Worcester and
state of Massachusetts,, has been filed in said
Court, showing that Walter w. Buck of Towns
bend in said Windham County, on the 2lst day
OF January. 1880, executed and delivered to
said John l.. Byard a mortgage deed of certain
land situate. lying or being in said Townshend,
bounded OF described as follows: Bounded on
the north by land OF A. Stoddard and C. Q.
Stebbins; on the east by lands of Jonathan
Eddy ana c. q. Stebbins; on the south by the
south line of the town OF Townshend aforesaid;
on the west by lands recently owned and
occupied by Lucius Twitchell, now deceased;
reservlng the wood on three acres of said land.
Said mort gage being conditioned for the pay
ment of Il certain promissory note signed by
said Walter W. Buck, date January 81, 1880,
and payable TO John l.. Byard or order. fifty
dollars each year from the date of said mort
gage, with interest annually, and for the pay
ment of all taxes and insurance assessments on
said premises; and though the payment of said
note has been demanded, the same has not
been paid according TO the tenor and effect of
the same.
And further setting forth that since the
date of said mortgage Edward b. Batchelder
of said Townshend, has been appointed guar
dian of said Walter W. Buck by the Honorable
Probate Court for the District of Westminster,
and that said guardian as such claims an
interest in said premises.
And further setting forth that said Edward
Is. Batchelder as said guardian, transferred
said mortgaged properly to heu6en Park, then
State of Massachusetts.
And further setting forth that since the date
OF said mortgage, the mortgage and note
therein described were lost by the petitioner,
but the same are the property of the petitioner
and are still outstanding, and have never been
paid, surrendered or cancelled.
Wherefore the petitioner prays that said
Edward b. Batchelder as guardian of Walter
W., Buck. and said Reuben Park answer this
bill, but not under oath as the oath thereto is
waived, and that an account be taken of the
amount due in equity on said mortgage and
the amount secured thereby; and that decree
be entered that unless the sum 80 found due
be paid within some short time TO be fixed by
the Court, the equity of redemption of said
Edward B. Batchelder as guardian of Walter
W. Buck and oil said Reuben Park, in the
premises, may be forclOSed aRreeaDly 10 the
| provisions of law.
| Whereas il being made to appear that the
| said Reuben Park resides without the state of
Vermont, to wit, at Bernardston in the State
of Massachusetts,, so that the ordinary process
| of subpoena cannot be served upon him.
IL is ordered that the petitioner give to said
Reuben Park notice of the tendency of said
| petition, and the term of Court to which IL is
! made returnable, by publishing the substance
! of said petition as hereinbefore set forth, to-
| gether with this notice, in T he Vermont
| Phoenix, newspaper printed at Brattleboro
| in Windham County. three weeks successfully,
| prior to the first day of the April Term, A. d.
| 1905. of this Court, and that the said Reuben
Park be and hereby is required to appear in
said Court ON the first day of the said term
otherwise the same will be taken as confessed,
which publication will be deemed sufficient
notice for HIM to appear and make answer If
he sees fit.
Given under my hand al Brattleboro in said
Windham County this 10Th day of February,
JOHN II. MERRIFIELD, Clerk.
ALBERT w. BUTLER, Solicitor. $40