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uary next and plead answer or demuT, to the
Bill of omplainants, the several allega'
tions thereof will be taken for confessed as
to them and such order and decree made
therein as the Vice Chancellor shall deem
equitable and Just, and it is further ordered
that copy of this order be inserted in the
Holly Springs Gazatte' a newspaper pub,
lished in the town ofHoIly Springs Mssis>
sippi: oncea week for two months successive
ly.


JAMES C. ANDERSON Clerk.


ABSTRACT OF BILL


Charges, That sometime in the year lS-
80 and about the first of the year 1886. one
Eli s. Shorter and one James U. Watson,
both then of the County of Muscogee and
State of Georgia. entered iuto an agreement
to purchase lands in COpartnership, in the
Chickasaw Cession State of Mississippi, and
that about an 6qaal amount OF titles was to
be taken 10 the name ofeach that II was fur
ther agreed that each of them should, if he
desired so 10 do take in as partner with
him, and to share with him, his interest n
sand copartnership, such other person n per-
sons rs he might select and agreee WITH
that in pursuance of said agreement said
Shorter 8. Watson, purchased very large
amount of lands, in said ChickaSaw Cession
that in order that each partner might
have some evidence Of the interest, which
he had in the lar DIS, titles TO which are in
the name of the other, said Watson executed
and delivered to said Shorter, an instrument
in writing showing that Shorter is entitled
to an undivided half of forty-nine Quarter
Sections OF land, the titles TO which were in
the hands of said Watson. said Shorter hav-
ing paid one half the cost, dated 25 Feorua
ry 1886. said Watson executed and deliver
ed TO said Shorter, an instTumen. tn writing,
dated 26 January 1896, showing that Shor>
.er is entitled to two equal undivided third
parts of Twenty nine Quarter Sections and
one eqnal undivided third part of three
Quarters, the titles being in said Watson,
and said Shorter having paid his part of the
cost


That at or about the same time, that said
Watson. executed and delivered to said
Shorter, the TWO instruments of writing a.
bove named, the SAID Shorter executed and
delivered 10 said Watson instruments of
writing. showing the interest to which Wat
son was entitled in the lands held in the
name Of said Shorter TO Wit One showing
that Watson was entitl 10 one undivided
half Of thirty four Quarter Sections the 9th
er half, belonging equally to the said Eli S.
Shorter and BENJAMIN p Tarver & Hudson
A. Thornton. One showing that said James
e. Watson was entitled to one undivided
third part of forty five Quarter Sections
And one showing that SAID James G, Watson
was entitled TO two equal undivided third parts
of five Quarter Sections. That said Eli 6.
Shorter, departed this life intestate. sometime
in the month of December 1886, leaving
widow Sophia Shorter and three children
his heirs. viz Reuben c. Shorter since of
the age OF twenty one years, and Mary
Jane Shorter, since intermarried with John
A. UrquhaTt, and Of the age OF majority.
and Virginia Shorter one of Complanants
and that Compl. James FL. Shorter, in con,
nexlon with the widow, administered on the
Estate of said Eli S. Shorter ia Georgia.


That said James G.. Watson departed
this life sometime early in the wear IS42
and as lCompiainants have been informed
made and executed last Will and Testa.
ment. and left three Children as heirs or
devisees, nsmely, Thomas w Watson,
John Fl. Watson aud Mary Walker, wife
of Benjamin w. Walker, that said Eli s
Shorter held title papers for s. W. and 5. e
quarters of Sec. 6, Township l3, Range a
east. IN Chickasaw county. out Comprs find
no memorandum or writing showing anv
interest in said James G. Watson, nor do
they believe said Watson had any interest
whatever therein, but Comprs mention said
two quarters, in ordar that justice may be
zone, if It should appear that said Watson is
interested IN them.


That said Eli S. Shorter, in his life time
held title papers for thirty quarter Sections
which belonged equally to said Shorter.
Benjamin p. Tarver, and James III Shorter
Complainants. But Comprs find no mem.
orandnm or writing amongst the papers of,
said Eli 5. Shorter, which show any inter
est in said James G. Watson, nor do compl's
believe he was entitled TO or had any inter
est in the same, out set out the same, that
Just ice may be done, if it should hereafter
appear tha: said Watson had any interest
therein.


That said Benjamin p. Tarver departed
ahis life sometime in the year lS4O making
will, by which will he bequeathed all his
interest oil, an and to the lands, before and
hereinafter described. TO three complainan.s
viz:-William Tarver. Elijah w Tarver
and James Nj. Tarver-Tha, is to saw. to
Elijah w Tarver one half, 10 James NJ
Tarver, each one equal share Of the other
half-That said Eli s Shor,er about the