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3 NORTHERN COAL & COKE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF. ”g

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i I i JOHN noose, are . , DIEEENDANTS. ‘3

i . The affiant and defendant, John Moore, says that he it

i J is 75 years old, and resides on the left fork of Beaver Creek ii?

i i in Floyd County, Kentucky, a distance of about 25 miles from the tag
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, i county seat of this county, and that he is a defendant in the ,yfi
above styled cause; that he and his wife, Rhoda Moore, sold } '2
i 2 and agreed to convey the mineral interests and property rights ii
i 3 in the tracts of land mentioned and described in the petition 3:;
. i herein to the Ohio and Big Sandy Land Association, and the other ?i
ii company therein mentioned, and received at the time of said sale :f;%
?F, the amounts of money as specified in the judgment. iW1
;{ That by reason of his extreme old age and the condition : i
if; of his health, he does not make frequent visits to the county seat 3;
ii of his county and comes only when he is required to come by pro- . i i
:1 cess of thiségrvhgs important business to look after; that he came i?fi
{i to town this week to attend the present session of this court, ii;
ii and upon the advice of his counsel, learned that the money due i E
ii him from the sale of his mineral under the contracts to be en- E i
ii forced in this action, had been paid by the Northern Coal and Coke i E
ii Company, plaintiff herein, into the hands of the Master Commission— : i
hi er of this court, and that‘s judgment had been rendered the said "it
i?- Commissioner to pay certain portions of said fund to Walter 5. if;

3: Harkins and R. S. Booten on claims alleged to be due them from i

ii the estate of D. n. May, deceased; that upon his arrival here in

;: this week was the first time that he had learned these facts; if;

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