The Yale expositor., 1922-04-06

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cult court for the County of st.
Clair: in chancery:
Albert BOurbOnais, Eta Bourbon
lis, Plaintiffs,
VS.
Abner COburn, Alvan b. Aver
or Alvin b. Aver. Simon Merrill,
Sally Il. Merrill, Theodore Mer-
rilI, Nathaniel Merrill, John
Merrill, Jeremiah Merrill, Fred
erick +. White, Peter SanbOrn,
Charles Kellogg, Daniel b.
harrington, Harmon l.. Steph-
ms or Harmon l.. Stevens. Gust
3vus A. Eldredee, Alex ID. BOman,
Lorenzo Allen, Ebenezer Nj.
Phelps, Edward Phelps, James
Chapman, Asahel H. Thayer, De-
Hitt {. Walker, Larned Smith, Ell
a e. Fish, George G. Fish, Ar
hur II. Fish, and each and every
person claiming under them or
my of them and their unknown
heirs, devisees, legatees and as
signs, and Frederick SanbOrn and
Jennie SanbOrn, Defendants.
AT a session of said court held
It the court house in the City of
Port Huron, said county and
State, on the 3rd day Of April,
A. ID. 1922:
Present; The Hon. Eugene f.
law, Circuit Judge.
On reading and filing the bill
Of complaint in this cause duly
verified, and the affidavit of Ches-
,er L. Benedict, from which it
satisfactorily appears that the de-
PENDANTS hereto have some APP
parent or possible rights, title, in
5erest or claims to the premises
described in the said bill of COM
plant, and hereafter described,
which rights, title, interest and
claims Of the said defendants, and
each Of them, said plaintiffs aver
20 be barred by the continuous,
open notorious, exclusive and ad-
verse possession Of said plaintiffs
and their grantors, for more than
fifteen years last past, and for
more than fifteen years since the
several rights to the possession
thereof accrued to said respec-
i've defendants, which possession
has been during all of said time
and still is adverse and hostile
% the rights, title, interest and
claims Of the respective defend
ants, and that the attorney for
plaintiffs and plaintiffs have been
unable after diligent search and
inquiry, to ascertain whether or
not the said Abner Coburn and
other defendants above named
re dead, with the exception of
Frederick Sanborn and Jennie
Sanborn, whom they know to be
living and residents of the State
Of California, or to learn their
whereabouts if living, or ascert-
ain the names of the persons who,
If the said named defendants, ex-
cept Frederick Sanborn and Jen-
ME Sanborn, were dead, consti-
ute their heirs, devisees, legatees
md assigns, included as defend
ants herein without being named,
or where they or any of them re-
tide, If living, or whether the
lights, title, interest, claims, liens
r possible rights of any or all of
hem have been assigned to any
erson or persons, or if they or
ny of them are dead, or whether
hey or any of them have person
representatives or heirs living,
- where they or any of them may
side, + whether such title, in
rest, claims. liens or possible
ghts have been disposed Of by
viii:
On motion Of Benedict G. Bene-
,ct, attorneys for plaintiffs, it is
dered that Abner Coburn, AL
yan 3. Aver or Alvin B. Aver, ST.
azon Merrill, Sally r. Merrill,
heodore Merrill, Nathaniel Mer-
i'll, John Merrill, jeremiah Mer-
Ill, Frederick F. White, Peter
5anborn, Charles Kellogg, Daniel
y. Harrington, Harmon L. Steph-
chs or Harmon L. Stevens. Gus
tavus A. Eldredge, Alex d. b.
man, Lorenzo Allen, Ebenezer M.
phelps, Edward Phelps, James
Chapman, Asahel H. Thayer, De-
witt c. Walker, Larned Smith,
la E. Fish, George G.. Fish, Ar
nur Fl. Fish, and each and every
person claiming under them or
oc