to do & act & execute as fully and freely as I myself
could do were I personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that my said attorney shall lawfully do
by virtue hereof and I the said Rufus Davenport do
hereby further agree, declare, & consent to & with the
said Orloff M. Dorman that this present writing is
made & shall constitute a good & bona fide lien upon
all and every part of my interest, right, claim, demand
and land in the said grant & is & shall be deemed a
good & valid mortgage upon & over every part of my
said interest, right, claim , demand & land in said
grant to secure the payment to the said Orloff M.
Dorman, or to his Executors & administrators of any &
all sums due him for his professional services in and
about said cause for the partition of said grant
and for this cost arising and accruing in said partitions
case and which I am bound to pay & for the full payment
to the said Orloff m. Dorman or his Executors or admin
istrators of what may be due & owing him for such services
rendered me in the case for the partition of said grant
or hereafter to be rendered for me on account of my said
interest, claim & land in said grant, & for the payment
of all the cost accruing in said partition case, I hereby
bind myself my heirs, Executors, & administrators & every
of them firmly by these presents, and it is further
understood and agreed between the parties to these
presents that this power of attorney is not to be
revoked or to become null & void by the death of either
party, but is to continue in full force until the
amount due and owing the said Orloff M. Dorman
is fully paid and discharged, & to be acted upon and carried
out by the Executors & administrators of the party so
dying, Before signing the word "his" on the second page
& the word "my" on this page were interlined.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this twelfth day of November in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six
Rufus Davenport (L.S.) |