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 SAMT'KI.d. McfAUdllFX 
 
 Phi ill tiff, 
 
 -AND- 
 
 
 H i,^, SUSAN DOWX, EDWAHl) DOWN, WILLI AAF DOWN. 
 
 MMiY ])()VVN, SI SAX MARKAN uiul WILLL4M 
 MAUKAN, and (I RACE DOWN, an Infant within the age 
 of twenty-one years, /. , />"''''''<'< -/ /•^'^t 'i 
 
 DefvnditnU. 
 Town of Goderich. 
 
 To the IJuDomhle the Jmlijcuof the. Court of Chaiurni : 
 
 THE BILL OF COMPLAINT of SAMUET. (r. IMc- 
 CAUOHEY, of the Vilhige of Seafortli, in the County of 
 Huron, Ocntlenian. 
 Shdwcth : 
 
 ^. Tliat under and by virtue of a certain Indentiu'e of bargain and sale by. way of Mort- 
 gage, l)earinL;' date the Otli (hiy of April, ]S(54, and <luly registered, and made between one 
 Henry Down, sinee (k'ceaseil, of thi First Fart; the Defeiuhint, Susan Down, who joined 
 tlierein for the purpose of barring her dower of the Second Fart, and one Thomas Hawkins 
 of tlie Third Fart, and an assignment tliereof bearing date the "iSth (hiy of June, ]8()9, and 
 nuuUi between tlie said Thomas Hawkins of the First Fart, and your comphiinant of tlie 
 Second I'art ; youi- complainant is Mortgagee of certain hinds and premises therein ])articu- 
 larly described as all that cei'tain parcel or tiact of land and premises situate, lying and being 
 in the Towushij) of Ste[)hen, in tlie County of Huron, and Province of Or.tario, containing by 
 admeasurement 1(10 acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of J.ot Number H, 
 in the 2nd Concession of th(^ sai<l Townshi)) of Stei)hen, for seeming the repaynu nt of the 
 sum of $:iO(), and interest thereon at the rate of tea per centum per annum. 
 
 ± That the time for the ])aymcnt of the principal money secured by the said hidenture 
 of I\lortgage has elapsed, antl no j)aynient has been made on account thereof 
 
 '.]. That thci'e is now due for principal money the sum of $;]()(), and int. rest thereon at 
 the late aforesaid from the ()th day of April 18(59. 
 
 4. The said Thomas Hawkins has not, nor hath your coiui)Iaiiiant, been in ])ossession 
 •or occu])ation of the mortgaged i)rcniises, or any part tliereof, or in receipt of the rents and 
 proiits thereof, or of any i)art thereof. 
 
 ■ ."). 'J'liat on or about the 14th day of February, 1S()(), the said Henry Down departc^d 
 
 this life, leaving Susan Down his widow, and Jvlward Down, William Down, (ieorge l)own, 
 Mary Down, (Irace Down, Susan Down, and Frances Down, his only children and heirs-at- 
 law him surviving ; and having first made and ])ul)lishe(l his last Will and Testament, bear- 
 ing date the 8tli day of Febi'uaiy, 1S()(), in the words following, namely : - 
 
 "1 Henry Down, of the Township of Stephen, County of Huron and Province ot Canada, 
 "Yeoman, being of ill health but of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and jiub- 
 " lish this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time 
 "heretofore made. J*"irst - 1 hereby constitute and appoint my wife to b(> l^xecutrix jointly 
 "with my son Julwaid, as Executor of this my last Will, directing tlum to jiay all my just 
 "debts and funeral expenses, and the legacies hereinafter given : Fir.st— Igive and becjueath 
 "unto my wife the annual ium of sixty dollars. Second — 1 give and be(nieath unto each of 
 "my daughters, vi/ ; ]\biry, Susan, Frances and (Ji'ace, the sum of one hundred and twenty 
 " dollars when they b{>conie of age, and that'they shall be clothed and maintaiued until they 
 "are of age. Tliivif -that I devi.se and will unto my son William, the homested Lot known 
 "as J,ot Eight, in the Second Ccmecssiou of said Township of Stej)hen, County of Huron, and 
 "Province of Canada, and that all the del,ts be ])aid by .said William, and also all the legacies ; 
 ".said lot J Will to said son William, his heirs and assigns, for his and tlu'ir use and beiH>tit 
 "subject only to the payment of my just debts, Funeral and Testamentary expenses, and the 
 "charges of proving my Will." 
 
 " iMiurth- 1 will and devise unto my son Fdward, the I'arm Lot known as Lot Seven, in 
 "the Third Concession of the 'i'owushij) of Stei)lieu, County of Hnroi, and Province ot Can- 
 "ada. subject to the sum of ( )nc Thousand Dollars, which is to be paid to my son tJeorge, 
 
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when he shal amvc ol age; but m the event of his- death before he comes of a-o, then the 
 sai. thousan.l do lars to be ecua'y divided an.on^^ the family then livin^^ Said L Seven 
 in Ihu-d Conevss.on ot Stephen 1 as above, will and devise'unto n.y son E.hvardjiis hehs 
 "and assij-ns, forever subject as aI)ove. ' ^ ' 
 
 (I That the said S.isan Down and K(h-ard Down duly proved the said Will, and took 
 upon themselves the burthen of the execution thereof. 
 
 7. That Frances Down, one of the children of the said Henry Down, departed this life 
 ^u short tune smce, under the age of twenty-one years. 'qMueu tins lilc 
 
 8. That Susan Down, another of the children of the said Henry Down, some time in 
 •]|'"" Ar . , '^''" ^^'''' ^^''^' "it^'i'"'i"i^"l ^\itl» and she is now the wife of the Defendant Wil- 
 
 (). That (irnce Down one of the Defendants above named, is an infant under the a-e of 
 twenty-.ono years, beui- of the age of fifteen years or thereabouts. ° 
 
 .„i ^^\- '^^'« I]^'f''»'.'''J"t« licreto, or some or one of them, are or is entitled to the couitv of 
 redemi)tion ol the said mortgaged premises. ^ ^ 
 
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 |our comi)lanuint therefore prays tluit he mav be paid the .said sum '' 
 o. %\m) and uiterest, and the costs of this suit f and in default thereof 
 tiiat the e(]uityof redemi)ti()n of the said Defendants in the said .Mort- 
 gaged piTMui.ses may be foreclo.sed. And for the purposes aforesai.l that 
 all proper dn-ections may be given and accounts taken. And that'your 
 Complainant may have .such further and other ix'li,.r m the iHvmi.ses as 
 the nature and cucunistances of the case may recauie and to vour Lord- 
 ships may seem meet. 
 
 And your C'mplainant shall ever piay, A'c., 
 
 K h'oJ.MESTED.