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Legal Abbertisements. To the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court next to be held at Augusta, in and for the county of Kennebee, on the third Tuesday of October, 1880. American Bank, then doing business at HalThe undersigned respectfully represents that the lowell in said county, in September, 1865, caused the ship Alexandrine to be attached as the property of Henry Cooper, Jr., and others who were then in. debted to the Bank: and about the same time, said Bank ordered your petitioner to cause said ship to be insured for their benefit for the sum of rix thou-and dollars ($6,000) in the Piscataqua Fire and Marine Insurance Company. This was done in the name of your petitioner, and he gave hts individual note for the premium amounting to one hundred and thirtysix dollars ($136.) During the life time of this policy, said Bank failed, and Henry K. Baker, Eliphalet Rowell and Simon Page were appointed receivers of the same, and your petitioner turned over this policy with other papers and assets of the bank to them: and when he was subsequently called upon by the Insurance Company to pay this note, h notified said receivers of all the facts in the case and requested them to take charge of it, and relieve him from all liability on account of the same; but said receivers while not denying that they ought to relieve your petitioner and assume the liability, if any there was, refused to pay said note to said Insurance Company for the reason the company was insolvent at the time they issued the policy. Consequently the note remained unpaid and was sued and the writ was returnable at the Supreme Judicial Court in and for the county of York at Sep. tember term 1868. At that term, S. C. Harley, an attorney at law located at Hailowell, answered to the suit, but before the next term in January following said Harley died, and 1.0 further answer was made to said action, and it was defaulted at the said la-t named term for $160.86 debt and $14.91 costs, and an execution was issued March 2nd 1869, June 1-t 1872 and others in 1873, 187+, 1875, 1877, 1879 and 1880. On the last named execution your petitiouer was arrested and gave a six months bond which is still in force. Your petitioner is informed and believes that said receivers have suffi ient fund. in their hauds, belonging to the An emean Bauk, to pay or compromise this judgment and execution, and fully indemnify and relieve him from any further costs or expenses in connection with the same. Wherefore he respectfully prays that after due notice to said receivers, they may be au horized and ordered to adjust this debt and fully release and discharge your petitioner from the same and for the costs of this proceeding. ALEXANDER H. HOWARD. Augusta, Me., Sept. 7, 1880.
