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V ' UKTWKEN Williiini Richard Duun, ami Ellt-n Melissa .Sanders, wife of the defendant, Samuel Zanders, Plaintiffs, AND Margaret Davis and (-harles Davis, her h\isband, Samuel Sanders and Sarah Ann Doan, John Dnnicl D >an, Josi^ph Doan and Mary Jane Doan, the last four named lioing infants under the age of 21 years, Defendants. CITY OF LONDON'. To the Honorahlc tlw Jiuhjes of the Court of Chancery. The liill (jf (vomplaint of William Richard Doan, of the Village of Ailsa Craig, in the County ol Middlesex, railway seivant, and Ellen Midissa Sanders, ol the Town of St. Thomas, in the County of Elgin, wife of the Defendant, Samuel Sanders, the above. n,".nied plaintiifs, HUMBLY SHEWEriL \. In or about the nu)nth of September, in the year (if our Lord 1864, one James J. i'oan, of the said Village of Ailsa Craig, yeoman, the father of your Complainants and of the Defendants, Sarah Ann Doan, John Daniel Doan, Jgseph Doan and Mary Jane Doau, departed this life at the said Village of Ailsa Craig, intestate, leaving him surviving youf Complainants, William Richard Doan and I Hen Melissa Sanders, then Ell mi Melissa l»oan, his children by his first wife, an 1 tlu' said l^Pendauts, Sarah Ann Doan, John Daniel Doan, Joseph Doan and Mary Jane Doan, his children by his widow, the Defendant, Margaret Davis, tlu ii Margaret Doan, who also survived him. 2. At the time of his d(>ath, the said James J. Doan was seized in fee simple of village lots numbers 7i and 75, fronting on the town line between the Townships of McGillivray and Williams, in the said Village of Ailsa Ch-aig, upon which was erected a hotel and stables, the whole being subject to a mortgage to one Joshua C. i4ii;icing village lot numJ>er 75, fronting on Cc^orge Street, in the said \'illage ot Ailsa (!raig, whi('h he had purchased from one William J. Shipley shortly before his death, and paid for \h full, but which had not been conveyed to him ; the legal estate remaining in the said William J. Shipley and the said James J. Doan was also seized in fee simple of one acn- of land with a house tliereon, situate in the Township of South Dorchester, in the Counry of Elgin, being a part of the North lialf of lot number 24, ill the tenth coiicessioii of the said Township of South Dorche-ster, described as follows, iliat is to say: ( 'onunenciiig at the north-west angle of the said lot. then easterly on ihe concession line 1:2 and a half roils, thence southerly puralli-l with the town line \'.\ roils, tlienc-c westerly parallel with the concession line 1l' and a half r. ids to the towii line road. I lien northerly along the road allowance 13 rods, to the place of liemnnino- • • *■- 'Tor?* and ihc said .laincs.f. Doan was also possessed of personal property of considerable value. ;?. * >n the thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord 18(54, the said Dcfeiidaiii, Margaret Doan, was duly appointed by the Suriogat- (.'ourt of the County of Middlesex, being the piopei court ill that iiehalf, to bi." iIm' administratrix of the said .lanii's ,1. Doan. deceased, and Aw now is tJie proper personal representative of the said .lanies .1. 1 )oaii, deceased. 4. Shortlv atti'i' the death of llic said James J. Doan. the Defendant, Mariiarct Davis, with full notice and kn iwlc Igc that the said .laines J. Doan had b;H'ii at the time of his death the etiuitable owner of the said vilhioi' In: number 7"), frontiu" on (leortic Streei. procured a cunveyance of the h'gal est'i.te thereoi' to bf made bv the said William .1. Shipley to her, th.- said D^'fendant, Marg.iPt Davis, tlcn Margaret Doan, and tier heirs, and caused the, same to be reoiatered, and she no\ aim> to lie the absolute owner o f til e saitl vil e loi number 75, fronting on Ceor_'e Street, in tee simple ."). in 111' iiliiiut t l)ofeii(luiit, \lai<^.u\'t 1 (). Till' .said Dt'ti rstiitc iilnl crt'ccts (if ; li tlic wholi' (if t!'c said i rccci|it (if tile rents ami (Iclits (if tli(.' said Jauif^ tlic said infant Defend accouiit t(i your ( 'dinpl sd to do. 7. Your (Vmijila Samuel Siindons, after i S. Your Corupkii of the said JanicH J. roal (irttate, of which th said Defendant, Mari^i received by the said M therefrom. 'J. ne said lot- th(ir(,'in. -, 1. That Defendants i fronting on ' dower thereii 2. That died posse.sse Court, and tl in proportion 3. That said James .F, Margaret Dav 4. That! estate since tl might hcav(_' 1m .-). That •;. '' t accdunxs rak( 7. That your l.ordslii And vo ."). Ill 111' iiliout tilt' inoiitli of Octohcr, in tlw ycur of our lionl 1864, tliof iX-feiidaiit, Mai'<^;u'i'l, Davis, wiw lUiiri ii'd to tlii' Dcfc'iidiiiit, ( 'liJirlcs Davis. fi. Tlic Maiil Dt'tciulaiit, iMjarjjarrt I )avis, I'Dllcctcd and in estate and otlt'cts of : lie id Jaincs .f. Doin, dcci'iiscd, and lias lie ii... >.'i..,i,. ..I'l^i.,. o..:,i i.n.ii ..uf.if.. ,..r..,. c.:i..... fi... .i,,..i.i. ..r t^i :i i estate and I'ttects ot Mic id .hiiiics .1. Doin, deeensed, and has iiecii in tiio nossi'ssion i the whole of the said real ontati' ever siiiec tlio death of the said .lames ,F. Doan, and i recei|)t of the rents and profits thereof, and has a|i]tlied a jioitioii thereof in navnient of tli delits of the said James J. D lan, dtuuiascd, and has supported herself and her children till' siiid infant Defendants, out of the said personal estate and rents, and has refused t aceonnt to your Complainants for their share of the same, although fiiMjueiitlv requestei ... 1. . .1 . eeived all t\n\ personal ell in tii(^ possession of II II' I, .o ', although fieinii'iitly requested •J. The said lots eannot i oiiveniently lie [lortioiied aiuongst the peis;>iis interested 1. That it may he dei'lared that your ('oiii[ilaiiiaiits and the said infant Defendants are entitled in e([ual shares to the savd villaee loi nunilier T.'), fronting on Geoiei' Street, in the said Village of Ailsa Craig, suhjeet to the dower therein, of the defendant, Marujaret Davis. 2. That the whole of the liiids of which the said .lames .1. 1 )oaii, deceased, died posse.s.sed, may lie sold liy and under the direction of this Honoralile Court, and the proceeds thereof divided amongst the persons entifleil thereto in proportion to their ri'speetive inter.^stjitherein. .'i. That an account may luaakeii of the jieisonal estate'aiid effects of the said .James .F. Doan, dei'e.iseil, cume, to the hinds of the said l)efeiidaiit Margaret Davis, and of the disposition thereof iiiade liv her. 4. That an account may lie taken uf the i-eiits .iinl profits of the snid real estate since the death of the siiid .lames .1. Doan, deceased, receivi'd, or wliicli might have lieeu received, liy tlie.siid .Margaret X^dUfiid. .). That your Complainants may he jiaid their cists of this suit. •;. '' I for the purposes aforesaid all prop, t direction,-, niav he ejveii and accouuiM taken. 7. That your Conqilainants mny have Midi other and I'liitlicr relief as to your l.ordsliip may seem meet. And your Complainants will ever prav.