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when discovering he was acting fraudulently and dishonorably by making away with said mortgaged property, I took possession of the same by a writ of detinue and gave a bond to answer for damages to twice the value of the property. 

And, now I am going to sell the property by virtue of his mortgage and conveyance to me - and not by virtue of any legal process. His own attorneys told him that my proposed mortgage sale - based on [[?]] recorded agreement - was not embrased within the relief ordinance of the convention, nor of General

Transcription Notes:
"writ of detinue" - designed for recovery of chattel or property wrongfully detained