Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
The Circuit Court for the County of
GratiOt, In Chancery.

liebecca NJ Burrill,
Thomas ID. Merrill.
Dwight 5. Merrill,
Lizzie Il. Ring,
Fred G. Henry,
Myra j. Henry,
Mary Henry,
The Ann Arbor Railroad Company "a
The Chicago, Saginaw & Canada Rail-
way Company, Ga corporation),
The Lansing, Alma Mt. Pleasant &
Northern Railway Company, Ga cor
pOration),
L. Tracy Howe, or his unknown heirs,
deViSees, legatees and assigns,
Sarah H. Howe, or her unknown heirs,
,devisees, legatees aQd assigns,
Abbie Il. Burrill, or heb unknown heirs,
devsees, legatees and assigns,
Abba T.. Burrill, or her unknown heirs,
devisees, legatees and assigns,
Marie b. Merrill, or her unknown
heirs. devisees, legatees and as
Defendants.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for
the County Of GratiOt, in Chancery, at
Ithaca, on the 18TH day Of May y ID.
1910.
4 bill Of complaint having been filed
I'm this Court Dy the above named COM
plaiuants, against the above named
and unnamed defendants, which saiu
suit is brought 70 quiet the title TO
lands situated i'm said county Of Gra-
tiot, and described ia said bill OF COM
plant as: All Of the northwest one
quarter ca OF section tAiIty-hyc l3j),
town twelve Q2) north, range three
90 west, in the SAID State of MIchi-
gan, excepting thercfrOm eleven and
fOrty-hVe One-huuureuths (ll.iJJ acres
i'm the southeast corner thereof, de-
scrlbed as follows. Beginning al "a
post i'm the center Of said section
thirty-iye $50; thence west on the
quarter line, nine 90 chains, to the
center Of the channel of Pine River;
thence down said stream, i'm the mid
die of the channel of said river 10 the
north and south quarter line Of said
section thence south, on the quarter
line, sixteen (l6) chains, 10 the place
of beginning.
And said bill Of complaint having
been sworn TO by the compliments
above named, stating under oath that
said affiants do not know, and have
been unable, after diligent search and
inquiry, to ascertain the names of the
persons who are included as defend
ants herein without being named and
II satisfactorily appearing 10 the
Court by the affidavit of John G. Wat
son, on file, that the defendant Ellen
l. Burrill is not a resident of this state,
but resides in CeritOs in the Republic
OF Mexico; that the defendant Cortez
H. Burrill is not resident Of this
state, but resides i'm BcthOld in the
state Of North Dakota; that defendant
EcbccCa NJ. BurruI is not a resident
of this state, but resides in Mllledge-
Ville in the state of Kentucky; that
defendant Thomas j. Merrill is not a
resident Of this state, but resides in
Duluth, In the state of Minnesota. that
defendant Dwight $. Merrill is nOl "a
resident of this state, but resides in
seattle, in the state Of Washington;
that defendant Myra j. Henry lis not
resident Of this state, but resides in
the state of California. and that de-
fcndant Chicago, saginaw x Canada
Hallway company Ca COrpOratlOnD, has
ceased to do business ANA TO keep up
ITS organization oN mo appointment
of officers, or otherwise. ana that none
of the persons who were the last pre-
siding officer president cashier, sec
rotary or treasurer OF said defendant
corporation now reside within the
state Of Michigan;
And if further satisfactorily appear
ing to the Court by said affidavit Of
said Complainants, and by the allega-
tions of said bin of complaint, so
sworn to as aforesaid that as to de-
PENDANTS |. Tracy Howe, Sarah I.
Howe and Abbie f. Burrill, it is not
known whether they, or any of them,
are living or dead, or where they, or
any Of them, may reside, If living, or
whether the titles to said lands acquir-
ed by said last named defendants, re-
spectively, as in said bill Of complaint
fully set forth, has or have been by
, them, or any of them, assigned TO any
person or persons, or, if dead, whether
representatives or heirs living or
where they, or any Of them, may re-
side, or whether such titles, or any or
them, have been disposed OF by viii;
and that. as TO defendants Abba E
Burrill and Marie b. Merrill, they, and
each of them are known to be dead as
in said bill of complaint more particul-
arly set forth, and that such of those
persons who might claim under said
last named defendants as are known,
have been named as defendants in this
suit, and that it is not known
whether there may be personal repre-
sentatives or heirs of said Abba h.
Burrll and Marie b. Merrill living.
other than those named herein as de-
PENDANTS, or whether the titles in said
lands acquired, respectively, by the
said Abba e. Burrill and Marie Il.
Merrill as, in said bill of complaint
set forth, have or has been by them.
| or either of them assigned TO any per
son or persons, or disposed Of by Will.
except as fully set forth in said bill of
complaint.
on motion of ]. Lee Potts, solicitor
| for complainants. 1t is Ordered that
the said defendants Ellen l. Burriil.
Gortez II Burrill; Rebecca NJ Merrill.
Myra j. Henry, The Chicago, Saginaw
& Canada Railway company Ga cor
| poration); and that the said defend
ants L. Tracy Howe, Sarah Il. Howe,
and Abbe +, Burrill, and all persons
who claim, or may or might claim, un-
der the said L. Tracy Howe, Sarah Il.
Howe and Abbie r. Burrill, or any OF
them; and that all persons who claim,
or may or might claim, under Abba r..
Burrill and Marie b. Merrill, both de-
ceased, or either of them, they, and
edcn OF them, cause lnelr appearance
to be entered herein within five
months from the date of this order.
and in case of'his or their appearance.
that he or they cause his or their an
swer or answers to complainants' bill
of complaint to be filed, and copy
or copies thereof to be served on COM
plainants' solicitor, within twenty days
after service on him or them of a copy
or copies of said bill and notice this
order; and that in default thereof, said
bill be taken as confessed by the said
on-resident and unnamed defendants.
or so many of them as shall be so in
default.
And IL is Further Ordered. That.
within twenty days after the date
hereof, the said complainants cause a
notice of this order to be published in
the Alma Record. a newspaper printed,
published and circulating in said coun-
~ and that such publica tion he con-