The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-09
Chancery the Circuit Court OF the District Of
Columbia for Washington county.


Columbia Washington county.
Mary A. Van Ness,
Cornelius p Van Ne.s, Martin II. Hoffman and Gertrude
his wife, Charles w Van Ness, and Others heirs at law
of John p. Van Ness sI
TINE object of this suit to assignment Of her
dover to the in the real estate of John
Van MESH n late Of ,S s county lawfully mar
red to the said John p Van Ness Philadelphia in the
sae eighteen and iorvs BY an
city that the said marriage was not publicly
therefor requested that might be for time kept
secret from others than the family Of the complainant to
complainant continued to reside in house belonging to
her husband the said John in the city OF Washington
marriage up his last Sickness the said John p contnu
ally visited the as his wife, and
declarations towards the close Of life that he had made
his wbui since his death will has been produced and
believes the existed his death, and has been
auduleny suppressed and destroyed that the said John
had the strongest for avoiding n,escy Of his
estate, and regardless OF truth TO have
made false representations on 50 important subject WIN
@ one s
and relies her rights widow and charges that she
said John r died seized or was seized any time after
his said marriage with complainant that sald John r.
collateral kindred. who his heirs laws that one OF
said branches by Cornelius Van Ness VINO
rude Hoffman, sister of the deceased ANOTHER branch
BY Charles w Edward, Eugene and Matilda E Van Ness,
the other branches by certain Peter Van Alen the child
of the deceased John p all of whom
made defendants the bll that John T. Van Ness
died seized and possessed OF large and valuable real ana
personal situate the District aforesaid and in vir-
gnia and other places that Planan Is unable to give
a particular description thereof because the muniments
and pers thereof have been taken possession OF by
of the defendants aud particularly the said Cornelius
p has illegally caused be appointed admins
traitor of the said John that the defendants have entered
into and holding possession OF the SAID real estate
entire exclusion OF the complainant and have received
and receiving the rents and profits thereof except oil
the house occupied by the complainant The bill prays
that the defendants do its allegations partlc uar
discover the of the said rents and profits and
may the complainant for the third part thereof
that the defendant Cornelius may discover and dis
close true, full and perfect description OF all the said real
and that dover third OF so much OF said
real within the jurisdiction of this be
assigned and laid off the complainant and the defend
be deceed admit er the possession OF SO much
thereof OF the jurisdiction OF this court and Tor all
orders and therefore and that each of the defend
ants ordered produce and file all muniments OF title of
of the defendants esden of the District OF
Columbia. wit: Martin IL. and Gertrude Hoffman,
Charles w. Van Ness, Edward Van Ness, Eugene Van
Ness Matilda L. Van Ness, and Peter Van Alen and
prays for order OF publication against them
hsreupon this 9Th July 1913, adjudged 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 defendants OF the object and sub
this BILL and them to appear In this court In
person solicitor before the third Monday OF De-
Gem next, the premises and show cause II
they have why decree ought not TO pass as prayed
otherwise the bill will be taken Tor confessed the first OF
such advertisements appear at least four months before
said day OF appearance x., r,,>,, ~,
| 0"A True COPY copy-test. W. BRENT, Clerk.
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