Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-06
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.

sTATF OF VERMONT, ! Aprii Term. 1911
EssEN COUNTY COURT,
Abigail Leonard vs.. CharIes b. Leonard.
whereas Abigail Leonard Of Concord IN t ,hs
County of EsseN, has filed in the once OF the
clerk Of Essex County Court her libel TOT III
vorce setting forth in substance that sne wa
legally married 10 Charles b. Leonard theh ~
Iittletou in the County OF Grafton ana StA.e VI
NeyV Haupshire on the 18th day OF April, a. ~.
80. and ihereafterwards cohabited win the
aid Charles b. Leonard in the state oil Yer
mont that during the eoyertnse ,l me mi
And said petition further shows that the sara
Charles b. Leonard wilfully and without lust
cause deserted the petitioner Tor thtee eois s,,
live wears. and that since the Ist day Of August,
A ID loo- he has refused and still does refuse
TO cohabit with the petitioner ,.t
And said petition further shows that the peu,,
TONER has resided in Concord, in the County OF
Essex aud state of Vermont for twelve years
last past that she has not cohabted WIN the
said Charles h. Leonard since the Isl uay Vi
August A. ID. 1907. -. A.
time of her marriage aforesaid she owned ana
possessed certain premises CONSISTING OF lhhu
and buildings thereon, located IN thst PAIt VI
concord known as Miles Pond that soon after
her said marriage to said Charles b. Leonard
She sold said premises that the avails oil said
sale together with other money that she then
had and certain money that said pettionee then
had were used by the petitioner and the peu.
tionee in the purchase OF a place IN CONCORD
where the petitioner now resides OF the value OF
| about twelve hundred dollars, winch 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 hundreo
| and fifty dollars that the petitioner Is now ana
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 no money or property other tnan
| that which is invested in said place, and that
| the same ought in right and justice to be de,
| creed 10 the petitioner by way OF alimony; ana
nray wing that for the causes aforesaid said mar
| rage NAV be dissolved and a Bill Of Divorce
| granted unto her the said petitioner, and all
| monv as aforesaid, and that she be allowed to
resume her maiden name of Abigail Parks.
! And il being made to appear that the saic
| Charles b. Leonard is without this state, sc
that citation cannot be served upon him
| Therefore, il is ordered that notice OF the
| peudencv Of said libe, be given him by publica
ton of the substance thereof, together with TINS
order in the Essex County Herald, a news
Daper published at Island Pond in the County
| OF Essex three weeks successfully the last o
which publications to be at least six week.
prior to the first day of the next term OF Esse'
County Court to be held at Guildhall, in tn
County of Essex, on the fourth Tuesday o
ADriI A. D. Ior1 at which time the said Charlie
b. Leonard is ordered to appear, and shov
cause If any he have why the prayer oil SAT-
petition should not be granted.
Given under my hand at Guildhall in tn
County Of Essex, this 22nd day of Dece mber
| A. ID. 1910. GEORGE A, HUBBARD, (ielk'
SIMoNps & SEARLEs, Attorneys.