The Era-leader., 1917-11-08
CITATION.
26th Judicial District Court of
Louisiana, for Washington Parish.
Fordney Fassett Co.
Heirs of j. E. Smith.

L. Smith, John +. Smith. Cora May
Smith, wife of 5. d. Anderson, all
residing in the State Of Louisiana
You are hereby cited and notified
that the Fordney Fassett Co., Il cor
poration organized under the laws OF
the state of Michigan, and domlclled
at Saginaw. said state. with a des-
ignated Agent in the Parish OF Wash
ington, state OF Louisiana. have flied
their petition in this court making
YOU and each of you as we'll as all other
heirs of J. E. Smith defendants, and
substantially alleging the following:
That they own the following des-
cribed land, situated in the Parish of
Washington. State of Louisiana, to-
wit:
lOS. .39 acres described as follows:
Beginning north 35! east $50 chns.
from the west corner of said head
right, which point is on the weet line
of said headlight and 10 chains from
where the Tchefuncta river first
strikes it, thence east $50 chains,
thence north 5Sdo east $3.50 chains
TO the northeast line of said head
right, thence along said headlight
line south 2iao, east 1926 chains,
thence south 5S.5Oo west %. IL chains,
thence south 49,. west ll.1o chains.
thence south 2o4o, west 8 chains,
thence south 22o, west 400 chains,
thence south 9.77 chains, thence west
Il chains, thence north 4chainS, thence
west IL chains, thence north 800
chains, thence north 4O!o, west Gov
chains, thence north 1872, west >
chains, thence north S74o, west $50
chains. thence north 5l40, west $50
chains, thence north TO, west chr,
. to headlight line at river, thence
:. along said headright line north 3oA =
east 10 chains to beginning. Also
1924 acres described as follows:
Commence at the north corner OF SAID
headlight and run south 34a7, east
along headlight line 44,43 chains
j thence south 657 4 west 80. So chains,
y thence south S90 Is west, % chains
to headlight line, thence in north
Ieasterly direction along headrlght
line p. .O5 chains to place OF begin
ming, all in Robert Taylor headrlght,
!, No. 42 township 3, South, Range 8
u east. Containing in all 27l,23 acres
=, more or less.
II That they trace their claim of title
u hack to the United States, and that
~ one link in said chain is transfer
from the heirs of j. E. S NTH to Sam
uel H Varuado, by an act executed
before Lewis A. Bickham, clerk OF
i. court. in the year 1894, and they at
Al tsched a certified copy OF the RECORD
of said transfer to their petition
l. which said transfer appears on con
y. veyarce book 2. page of the record:
i, of Washington Parish, Louisiana.
" They allege that the date and Ger
R, tain other portions of the said act o
Is the sale together with the original &C
Il. itself were destroyed by fire at tn
J. burning of the courthouse of Wash
n ington Parish, Louisiana, on Marcl
is II, 1877, and they state in their peti
of ton the portions OF said record @
v, the said act which were destroyed an
ge which appears i'll blank on the pres
ent records of SAID parish.
rd They further allege that the sait
e. act of sale from the heirs of j. Z
e. Smith to Samuel H. Varnado was eX
ecuted by Hardie H. Smith an
c. denry J. Smith, who act for them
as selves, and who appeared by specia
e. power of attorney, which was ther
IN recorded in Notaral record l., page
.es 776-777.77S-779 of the records Q
ty ashington Parish, La, on behalf G
the other heirs of j. L. Smith, viz.
ed William I. Smith, Josephine +
ott Smith, widow, Sallie L. Smith, viii
of of Milton Burns, Susie V. Smith, viii
.e. of William H. Kentzel, Amelia Smith
of widow, Charles L. Smith, John E
Smith, Cora May Smith. wife of
lid D. Anderson, Eugene Smith, an
ne Lizzie A. Smith, widow.
oe They also allege that the said pow
OF er of Attorney with the records theret
of was destroyed by fire at the burnin
of the courthouse, on March II, 1o9
ed They pray that the act of sale ex'
zie cuted as above stated be revived, an
las that the portions of said act of sail
ars which were destroyed by the burnin
;he of the records thereof be reinstatet
De- and that the words and phrases sta
has ed in their said petition as being II
92, doStroyed nortiOns of the said recOr