Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-12-30
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
STATE OF VERMONT April Term, 1911.

STATE OF VERMONT, ! A,r;, Term rorr.
ESSEX COUNTY COURT,
Abigail Leonard VS.. Charles b. Leonard.
whereas, Abigail Leonard of Concord in the
County of Essex, has filed in the Office OF the
clerk of Essex County Court her libel for d.
vorce. setting forth in substance that she was
legally married to Charles B. Leonard, then OF
Iittletou in the County of Grafton and State OF
New Hamps shire on the I2th day Of April, A. d.
1899, and thereafterwards cohabted with the
said Charles h. Leonard in the State OF Yer
mont; that during the coverture she on her
part faithfully kept the marriage covenant
And said petition further shows that the said
Charles b. Leonard wilfully and without just
cause deserted the petitioner for three consecu-
tive years and that since the Ist day Of August,
A. D. 1907, he has refused and still does refuse
to cohabit with the petitioner.
And said petition further shows that the peti-
toner has resided in Concord, in the County OF
Essex and state of Vermont for twelve years
last past that she has not cohabited with the
said Charles b. Leonard since the Tst day OF
August A. ID. 1907.
And said petition further shows that at the
time of her marriage aforesaid she owned and
pos Ses sed certain premises consisting OF land
and buildings thereon located in that part OF
Concord known as Miles Pond that soon after
her said marriage to said Charles b. Leonard
she sold said premises that the avails OF said
sale, ogether with other money that she then
had and certain money that said pettiouee then
had were used by the petitioner and the peti.
tionee in the purchase OF place IN Concord
where the petitioner now resides of the value OF
about twelve hundred dollars. which place was
decided them jointly and which now stands as
their joint property; that there is now mort.
gage on said premises Of about two hundred
and fifty dollars that the petitioner is now and
has been since the purchase of said place as
aforesaid working hard to earn money to pay
said mortgage; that the petitioner has furnish
ed nearly all the money to pay for said place
that she has money or property other than
that which is invested in said place, and that
the same ought in right and justice to be de-
creed to the petitioner by way of alimony; and
praying that for.the causes aforesaid said mar
rage may be dissolved and a Bill of Divorce
granted unto her the said petitioner, and ali
mony as aforesaid, and that she be allowed to
resume her maiden name of Abigail Parks.
And il being made to appear that the said
Charles b. Leonard is without this State, SO
that citation cannot be served upon him:
Therefore, It is ordered that notice OF the
pendency OF said libe! be given him by publica-
| ton of the substance thereof together with this
order in the Essex County Herald a news
paper published at Island Pond, in the County
| OF Essex three weeks successfully, the last oil
| prior to the first day of the next term of Essex
County of Essex. on the fourth Tuesday oil
April A. d. 1911, at which time the said Charles
b. Leonard is ordered to appear, and show
| cause if any he have why the prayer of said
| petition should not be granted.
Given under my hand at Guildhall in the
County of Essex, this 22nd day OF December
| A. ID. 1910. GEORGE A. HUBBARD, Clerk.
| SIMoNDs SEARLEs, Attorneys.