Year: 1877

In the District Court of the county of


Allen and State Of Kansas.


The State of Kansas Plaintiff,


vs..


James J. Hinton, Defendant.


The above named defendant non-res,
ident of the State of Kansas, will take
notice that the above named plaintiff did
on the 18th day of April A. u. 1877, file
a petition in the District Court of the
said county of Allen against the said
James J. Hinton, setting forth that the
said defendant at a sale Of school lands
in said county on the 14th day of August
A. d. 1871, purchased from the State OF
Kansas the following described school
lands situated in Allen county in said
State to-wit: The northeast quarter OF
the northeast quarter at and for the sum
of $3.50. The northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter at and for the sum Of
$l20. The southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter at and for the sum Of
$l52. The southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter at and for the sum Of
$3.50. All said land being in section l6,
township 25, range 81 east. That at the
time of said purchase he gave bond for
each tract, and there and then agreed in
said bonds to pay the amount remaining
unpaid of the purchase money on each
tract in yearly installments of not
more than ten in number, together
with interest at the rate of ten pei
cent. per annum on each tract. That
in pursuance of said bonds he has paid
the yearly installments due on each OF
said tracts of land for the year 1872 and
has paid the annual interest on the un'
paid portion of purchase money of each
of said tracts of land to the 14th day oi
August 1875. That no other or further
payments of either principal or interest
have been made on either or any of said
tracts of land. That there remains due
and unpaid on each and all of said tracts
of land the yearly installments for the
years 1873, 1874, 1875 and 1876 together
with the annual interest at the rate of ten
per cent. per annum on the unpaid por-
ton of purchase money on each tract OF
land from the 14th day of August A. D.
1875. That by reason of the failure OF
the defendant to pay the interest annu.
ally on the balance of the purchase mon.
ey as aforesaid and the yearly install.
ments as aforesaid he has forfeited all
right, claim, title and interest in and to
each and all of said tracts of land and
all claims to the money paid on account
of said purchase. The plaintiff prays
that the Court order, adjudge and decree
that in case the defendant fails and neg.
lects to pay the yearly installments due
on each of said tracts of land together
with the interest due as aforesaid on each
tract on the portion of purchase money re-
naming unpaid together with costs and
charges of this action within ten days
from the rendition of judgment in this
action, that all right, title and interest
of the defendant and all persons claiming
under him in and to each and all of said
lands, be forfeited to the said plaintiff
and the title to said lands be quieted in
the plaintiff and the defendant and all
claiming under him be forever barred
from setting up any claim thereto and
the purchase money paid be forfeited to
the State. The defendant is required to
appear and answer or demur to said pc.
tition on or before the End day of june
| A. D. 1877, or said petition will be taken
as true and judgment rendered in accor.
dance with the prayer theof


PETER BELL,
County Attorney of Allen county, Kan.
sas for the Plaintiff.


lola, April 18th, 1877.