Year: 1867




IN the District Court OF the Second Judi


cal Dzs-ic.. of tne STATE Of California n and for
the county Of Bette.


Charles B Bates Joseph Love


Acton brouEhf IN The District Court II the Second
JIdclz, District Sad the Complain. fled in the County
Of Butte, IN the oe Of the Clerk Of said District Court
The People cf the State q California send Greeting
Joseph Love; You are hereby required 10 appear
action brought against yon by tie above named
Plaintiff n the District Court OF The Second Judicial
District of The State Of California And the county
Of Butte, and To answer the Complaint fled therein "a
copv of which accompanies this Summons within
days. e1sivc OF the day OF service. after the service
vou CT this S1mens-,f served within this county
or If served out Of this county b il this Judicial Dis
tros, within twenty days; or i served OF said Dis
trct, then within forty dsys-or Judgment By detaul.
viii be taken against YOU.


The said action IS brought to recover Judgment
against you in the SUN one hundred and Fifty thousand
dollars damages tor that on :he nth day OF December
1856, the i-eRdeut and p,aint. entered contract
in writing subscribed b- both plaintiff and deendent,
whereby il mutually agreed that the defsndent by
J. B. Cooke his Attorney in fact should sell 10 plaintiff
all that certain property; The ditches fumes and
reservoirs heretofore the property the Sierra Nevada
Lake Water and Mining Company situated in the Coun-
ties Of Sierra and Nevada II the State OF California to
gether with all the rights privileges and and appenen
ances thereto beionging-also the Saw Mil al Milton
in said County Of Sierra, and all the houses and cabins
heretofore belonging to said Courany excep, the dwell
ing house and the stable al Forest City and it fur
ther mutually agreed in said writing that plaintiff should
from company for the purpose Of constructing
ditch TO convey the waters of the aforesaid ditch to
Hunbug City and Columbia HILL and tie payne Mt by
said plaintiff for said property was 10 be follows,
$4,000 II United States gold coin the first day of Ju
ly 1867. and the one twentieth part OF the stock of the
company be formed by said plaintiff to be
sessable and issued in the name Of J. &. Cooke


II further mutually agreed in said writing that
said plaintiff should be allowed from the first of Janu
Ary until the first day April 1867. find responsible
persons. to for such company for the purpose OF
veying the vAter OF said bitches as aforesaid.


That upon the formation Of such company afore-
sain the payment of s250o0 aforesaid and the
fer OF said stock or said company Is no; ready at





transfer said stock Aforesaid when said company be-
organized the deendent by his said Attorney
fact. agreed to execute and deliver to plaintiff good
and sufficient deed of conveyance-of and for al and
singular the above described property.


That on or about the 30th day Of March 1867. plain
tif caused to be formed company of responsible per-
IN san Francisco for the purpose aforesaid said
deendcnt by his said Attorney i'll being present
one OF the meetings of said company, and the
4h day of April 1867 by writing executed by the defen
dent. by his said Attorney in fact. the plaintiff
given until the lst of June 1867 make arrangements
spectns the sale of said property said company and
by said writing the purchase money reduced from
$500 70 the OF $4,000.


That the Plaintiff daily performed all the conditions
OF his said contract on his part That said defendent.
by his said Attorney in fact about the 9TH day OF
May 1867, by his deed duly executed sold and deliver
ed all of said property to Robson and others of San
Francisco and detendent could not and did make
title pursuant to his siad agreement wherefore plaintiff
and demands Judgment against said defendent for
the Of Sl50000 and of suit and for each 9TH
and further relief in the premises the of
this action belongs and If You fail TO appear and answ
the said complaint above required. the Plaintiff
will demand Judgment against said defendent in the
sum of S5Oo0o besides his costs and for such other
and further relief in the premises to the nature of
this action belongs


Given under my hand and the seal of the District Court
of the Second Juicia District this 9th day of July in
the of our Lord thousand eight hundred and
slNty-seven.


Isl ]. G. MOORE Clerk.
J. NJ BURT Attorney for Plaintiff.


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