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District Chancery Court of the Stale oJ


Mississippi, at Holly Springs.


Hamilton Thornton, Adm'r of William
Grain, Decd. } La vacation
$50 as. : April %. 1874
Allen Smith, ct al.


UPON opening the matters of this Bill,
it appearing to the satisfaction ofthe court,
that the defendants John Grain, Martha
Grain and Newell, Grain, are not inhabit-
ants of this State. but reside bey yond the linn
its thereof. so that the ordinary process of
this court cannot be served OF them:
Therefore it is ordered that unless said
defendants, appear before the Vice Chancel-
lor at the court room In the town of Holly
Springs on the first Monday of July next,
and plead, answer or demur, to complain
ants bill, the severa, allegations thereof,
will De taken for confessed, as to them, and
such order and decree made therein as the
vice chancellor shall deem equitable S Just;
and it is further ordered, that copy ofthis
order be inserted in the "Holly Springs Ga
zette," a newspaper published in the town
OF Holly Springs, Mississippi, once week
for two months successivelv


Test, JAMES c. ANDERSON Clerk.


a BSTRACT


Bill charges. That on the 4th January.
1886. William Grain sold to defendant a
tract of land, containing 100 acres, described
as the south division OF the sout-east quarter
of section 26, township l, range 3 west Of
the basis meridian Chickasaw cession, Mar
shall county, Mississippi, for the sum of
s400, and executed his bond for title, to he
made when the purchase money had been
paid by defendant and at the same time de-
fendant executed his note to said Grain for
said sum of 500. that since that time. said
Grain has departed this life intestate, and
complainant has been duly appointed admin
lstrator OF his estate; that said William
Grain at his decease left three children. John
Grain, Martha Grain and Newell Grain:
who are minors. Prays that unless the de-
tendant Smith will by a day to be appointed
comply wIthsa specific performance of his
contract, and pay the balance of the pur-
chase money due for said land, that the
same be sold.


Lucas. LANE CLApP, Soils.


April 81. 1874