Respectfully  represents :  That  the  said  John  Gregg  did  by
agreement  in  writing  herewith  exhibited,  dated  the  First  day
of  January,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  One  thousand  eight  hun-
dred and  sixty,  contract  with  Job  Mann,  to  purchase  from  him
a  messuage,  &;c.,  (describing  them,)  with  the  appertenences  in  fee
simple,  for  the  consideration  of  Five  thousand  dollars  ;  and  in
pursuance  of  said  contract,  One  thousand  dollars  of  said  con-
sideration was  paid  at  the  date  thereof,  and  the  remainder  was
to  be  paid  on  the  First  day  of  April  then  next,  at  which  time
a  deed  was  to  be  executed  and -delivered  by  the  said  Job  Mann


LUNATICS  AND   HABITUAL   DRUNKARDS.  Q^

for  the  said  messuage,  &c.,  with  the  appertenences ;  that  since
the  making  of  the  said  contract,  the  said  John  Gregg  has  be-
come lunatic  and  has  been  so  found  by  an  inquisition  under
authority  of  this  Court,  without  having  executed  said  contract
with  the  said  Job  Mann ;  that  the  petitioner  has  been  duly  ap-
pointed committee  of  the  person  and  estate  of  the  said  John
Gregg,  and  that  the  next  of  kin  of  the  said  John  Gregg  are
his  wife,  Sarah  Gregg  and  two  children,  James  Gregg  and
Charles  Gregg,  the  last  of  whom  is  a  minor,  and  has  for  his
guardian  Enoch  Rex :

The  petitioner  further  represents,  (set  out  facts  showing  that
it  is  advantageous  to  lunatic's  estate  to  rescind,)  he  therefore
prays  the  Court  to  direct  due  notice  of  this  petition  to  be  given
to  the  said  Job  Mann  and  the  said  Sarah  Gregg,  James  Gregg
and  Charles  Gregg,  to  appear  in  open  Court  on  a  day  certain
and  answer  this  bill  and  petition,  and,  with  the  assent  of  the
said  Job  Mann,  if  no  sufficient  cause  be  shown  to  the  contrary,
to  make  a  decree  for  the  rescinding  the  said  contract,  if  such
proceeding  shall  not  be  disadvantageous  to  the  estate  of  said
John  Gregg,  upon  such  terms  as  shall  be  equitable  and  just.
