The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-31
In Chanccry In tho Circuit the District Of
Columbia for Washington county.
Mary A. Van Ness

N Chnncsry tho Circuit Court Of the District Of
Columbia for Washington county.
Mary A Van Ness,
Cornelius P. Van Ness, Martin H. Hoffman and Gertrude
his WIFE Charles W. Van Ness, and others, heirs at law
of John p. Van Ness. -
THE object of this suit is procure assignment of her
dover the complainant the real estate of John r.
Van Ness late Of said county, deceased. ,p,,,4 lj.a
red to the said John Van Ness at Philadelphia in the
State Of on mt the sixth day Of in the
hatcy that the said marriage was not publicly announced
made known because the said John alleging variou.
from others than the family of the complainant to
whomhe il Ina. after said marriage sanss the
her husband, the said John in the city Of Washington
%n s % s as s
ally visited the complainant his wife, and correspondent
nsj as the ns5 os Of @ hs
his wibu since his death will has been produced and
nndueny and destroy that the said John
had the strongest for avoiding nestacy of his
made false on % important subject With
any motive for so doing that she cannot prove abso
and relies upon her rights as widow and charges that she
has clear right of dover in all the real estate whereof
his 0 said marriage with complainant that said John r
left issue of his body surviving him. but M four branches
said branches represented by Cornelius p Van Ness who
other OF the deceased another branch by Mrs Ger.
by Charles W. Edward Eugene and Matilda Van Ness
who are children of deceased brother the deceased and
s s S he %
made defendants to the bill that John Van Ness
died seized and possessed of large and valuable real and
situate in the District aforesaid and in Vir
gina and other Places that complainant is unable to give
and epapes thereof have been taken possession of by
of tho defendants and particularly the said Cornelius
p who has illegally caused hmselfto be appointed admins
of the said John that the defendants have entered
nto and holding possession of the said real estate
the entire exclusion complainant and have received
and receiving the and profits thereof except Of
the house occupied by the complainant The bill prays
that the defendants do its allegations particularly
may the complainant for the third part ureofj
that the defendant Cornelius may discover a. dis
close ne, full, and perfect description OF all the
and that the dover third part OF so much
assigned and laid off the complainant, and tbs defend
be deceed admit her into the possession much
thereof out Of hc Jurisdiction of this court and for all
orders and hcefo and that each Of the defend
said real estate and for general relief The bill that
several of the defendants of the District
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 Aien and
prays for an order OF publication against them
1t is thereupon this 9th july l84S adudged and ordered
that the complainant by causing copy Of this order to be
inserted in the "Unon newspaper, published at the city
notice to the said absent defendants of the object and sub
OF this BILL and them appear in this court
by solicitor, before the third Monday OF De-
cember next, the premises, and show cause il
otherwise the bill will be taken Tor confessed the first of
such TO appear at least four months before
said day OF appearance
BRENT & MAY, solicitors for complainant.
Aug 1I-law6w