The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-27
In Chancery In Circuit Court Of the District oil
Columbia for w~shis.gto" county.


Cornelius p Van Ness Maun Hoffman and Gertrude
his wife Charles w. Van Ness, and others heirs at law
of John =. Van Ness.
,HE object Of this suit procure assignment Of her
dover the painant in the real estate oil Joh T.
Van Ness. late OF said county deceased "a =
red s TO he sn John Van Ness at The
State OF Pennsy yania the sixth day OF August ia t
Thai y that the said marriage was not publicly announced
made known, because The said John r. alleging
therefor requested that II might be for time ke
others Than family Of the complainant, TO
whom he communicated IL that after said marriage, Tue
her husband, the said John in the city of Washlngtoa
until his DEATH ia the spring OF 1876 bai from the saa
marriage TO his last sickness the said John eontnn
ay visited mpanant his wife, and correspondent
with her such that her said husband made repeated
declarations towards close OF life, that he had made
his wiIbui since his death will has been Produced and
she believes the existed at his DEATH and has been
audneny suppressed and destoyed that the said John
T. had strongest for avoiding inestacy OF his
large estate and not regardless OF truth as 10 have
made false alions on 50 Important subject WIN
any motive for DOING that she cannot prove abso
luey the existence of such Will or the contents hefeo
and relies upon her rights as widow and charges u sue
has right of dover in all the real estate whereof the
said John died seized, was seized at any ume ai's
his said marriage with complainant; that SAID John :.
Jeff no his body surviving him. but LETT four branches
of collateral kindred, who his heirs al law hat one OF
said branches by Cornelius Van Ness VINO
is other deceased; another branch by Mrs Ger
ruds Ho%an sister OF The deces Ms,ds Van Ses.
who children OF deceased brother OF the decea cd a
the other branches by certain Peter Van Aen ,ne Gnu
of OF the deceased John p all oil whom
are made defendants the bill that John Van Ness
died seized and possessed OF large and Valuable !ca
the District Aforesaid, ana IN 'ir-
gina and other places that com Painant unable 70
particular description thereof, because the mnnimenls
title the feo have been taken possession OF py
of the defendants aud particularly the SAID Cornelius
who has illegally caused himself TO be appointed admins
said John p that the defendants have entered
and holding of the SAID real estate, 10
exclusion OF the complainant and have received
receiving the and profits thereof, excep OF
tue house occupied by the complainant. Ire bl pIays
defendants do Its allegations particularly,
and discover the amount OF the said rents ana proh ana
the complainant for the third part heeoi
that the defendant Cornelius may discover and dis
close true ul and perfect descr ption OF all the SAID real
estate and the dover third part Of so much OF said
assigned and laid OFT complainant, and the defend
be deceed admit her into the possession oil 50 hc
thereof OF the jurisdiction OF this court aho or a
process therefo and that each OF the defend
ants be ordered prodace and file all munmens OF title oil
sa estate, and Tor general relief The bull states that
Columbia TO wit: Martin H. and Gertrude Hoffman,
Charles W. Van Ness, Edward Van Ness, Eugene Van
Ness, Matilda E. Van Ness, and Peter Van Allen, and
prays for n order OF publication against them
is pon this 9th July lSlS ndjudged and ordered
that the complainant by causing copy OF this order to be
inserted in the "Unon newspaper, published at the city
of Washington week for six successive weeks, give
notice to the said absent defendants Of the Object and sub
stance oil this BILL aud them appear Ia this court IN
or solicitor before the third Monday oil De
cember next, the premises, and show cause
any they have why decree ought not to as prayed
otherwise the bill will be taken tor conlessed the rst oil
advertisements appear at least tour months before
'"' '"' u JAS. DUNLOP.
oAh True copyEtesi: w BRENT, Clerk.
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