The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-06

ID. NJ. Pearee etal Coun ty, Tennes-
vs.. see, before the
The Obion Valley Hon. A. ]. Law
Land & Invest son, County Judge
ment Company, for 0bion County,
corporation ct Tennessee.
al, defendants.
To Frank Caldwell Charley Pugh
and bis wife, Mrs. Lou Pugh. N. G..
Morris and his wife, Mrs. Susie Morris.
Frank Hieock, Mile Dozier and her
husband, Bud Dozier, Ollie Wilson, d.
Tackett, Willie Mai Heatheott and her
husband, Earl Heathcott, G. w. Foris-
ter, Will Howard and John Howard: -
In this cause it duly appearing by
affidavit duly filed that Frank Caldwell,
Charley Pugh and his wife, Mrs. Lou
Pugh, N. G.. Morris and his wife, Mrs.
Susie Morris, Frank Hicock, Mile
Dozier and her husband. Bud Dozier,
are non-residents of the State OF Ten
nessee, and that after diligent inquiry
the residence OF Ollie Wilson, ID. Tack
EFT, Willie Mai Heathcott, and her hus-
band, Earl Heathcott, g. w. FORSTER,
Will Howard and John Howard can not
be ascertained, you and each OF you
are hereby notified OF the petition Of
w. M. Wilson, George Dahnke, w. @.
Farris, ID. M. Pearce, ct al, filed on
April 2, 1910, in the County Court OF
Obion County, Tennessee, held and pre-
sided over by the Hon. A. j. Lawson,
County Judge for Obion County at
Union City, Tennessee, to establish a
drainage district, or drainage and levee
district il desired or necessary, for the
reclamation OF the lands in 0bion Coun-
ty, Tennessee, subject to and affected
by the overflow from and OF Obion River
and its tributaries in Obion County, Ten
nessee, and pursuant to Chapter 1876
Senate Bill No. 800 OF the 1909 Printed
Acts OF the Fifty-sixth General Assem-
bly, of the State OF Tennessee, and gen.
orally known and spoken OF as the
Drainage Law, "and which petition and
as amended is still pending in said court;
and that owing to and on account of
the great number Of petitioners and de-
Pendants in said cause, it would unneces-
sarily cucumber the record to name all
of said parties in each instance, the
court has decreed that the style of this
cause shall be w. NJ. Wilson, George
Dahnke, w. G. Farris, d. M. Pearce,
ct al, vs. The Obion Valley Land & In
vestment Company, a corporation, ct al.
defendants; and that by proper order
and decree of the court you and
each of you have been ordered to be
made defendants in said cause; and
you and each Of you are likewise
notified that the prayer of petit
ton is that the Hon. A. j. Lawson,
County Judge for Obion County, Ten
nessee, appoint disinterested and COM
petent engineer, and have placed in his
hands copy Of the petition in this
cause; that said engineer be ordered
by the court to examine the lands
described in said petition, and any
other lands that will be benefited
by said improvements in the petition
mentioned, or that will be necessary,
In carrying out such improvements;
that said engineer survey and locate
such drains, bitches, levees and i'm
provements as may be practicable and
best calculated to carry out the purposes
OF the petition, and that will be of pub |
lie benefit or utility, or conducive to
the public health or welfare; that said
engineer be ordered to make return OF
and file his proceedings with the County
Court Clerk of Obion County, Tennes-
see, said proceedings and returns to set
forth the starting point or points, the
terminus or terminii of the bitches.
drains, levees or other improvements,
such as the Strengthening or shortening
OF Obion River and its four tributaries,
to-wit, Harris Fork, North Fork, South
Fork and Rutherford Fork of Obion
River, in Obion County, and the clean
ing out OF the beds thereof, and remov-
ing drifts there-from, together with a
plat and profile showing the bitches,
drains and other improvements and the
course and length of same approximate
" through each tract of land, as far as
may be practicable, and the total length
and the course and elevation as near as
OF all lakes, ponds and deep
depressions in said proposed drainage
district, and the fall obtainable across
the same, and the boundaries OF the
proposed drainage district, and the de-
scription OF each tract of land therein,
as shown by the tax books of Obion
County, Tennessee, and any other
source of reliable Information, and the
names OF the owners thereof as shown
by the tax books OF Obion County, and
any other source ofreliable information,
together with the probable cost of inn
and such other facts and
as said engineer may
deem material; that upon the filing of
the returns and proceedings Of said
engineer the court examine same, and,
II said plan seems 70 be expedient and
meets the approval OF the court, that
the court order the County Court Clerk
TO cause notice to be given by writ or
summons to be issued by said clerk and
to be served upon the owners of all of
said tracts or lots OF land who are not
petitioners within the proposed drainage
district, or levee and drainage district,
as shown by the tax books OF 0bion