The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-19
In Chancery in the Circuit of District OF
Columbia for Washington county.
Mary A Van Ness,
Mary A Van Ness,


Cornelius p. Van Necs, Martin H. Hoffman and Gertrud,
his wife, Charles w Van Ness aud Others heirs law
of John p Van Ness
THE object of this suit procure assignment of he
dover TO the complainant in the real estate OF John
Van Ness late Of said county, deceased.
red 10 the said John Van Ness Philadelphia, in III,
State OF Pennsylvan the sixth day OF August IN III,
year eighteen hundred and fory-fve, by aide
that city that the said marriage publicly announced
made known because the said John p alleging variou
therefor requested that it might be for time KEEP
from others Than the family OF the complainant Il
whom he communicated it that aer said marriage the
comp nan continued reside in house belonging IL
her husband, the said John in the city of Washington
until his DEATH in the spring OF 1876 that from the salc
marriage up his last sickness, the said John contnu
ally visited the complainant his wife, and correspondent
with her such that her said husband made repeated
declarations towards the close of life, that he had made
his wibu since his death will has been produced, anc
she believes the existed his DEATH and has beer
audueny suppressed and destroyed that the said John
r. had the strongest for avoiding nestaey OF his
large estate and not so regardless OF truth as TO have
made false representations important subject with
out any motive for DOING that she cannot prove abso
utey the existence of such will the contents thereof
and relies upon her rights widow and charges that she
has clear right of dover in all the real estate whereof he
said John z. died seized, seized at any time after
his said marriage with complainant; that said John T.
left OF his body surviving him. but left four branches
of collateral kindred who his heirs at law that OF
said branches represented by Cornelius p Van Ness who
b. other of the deceased another branch by Mrs Ger
uude Hoffman, sister OF the deceased another branch
by Charles w Edward Eugene and Matilda E. Van Ness
who children of deceased brother of the deceased and
the other branches by certain Peter Van Alen the child
sed of the deceased John p all of whom
made defendants to the bill that John p Van Ness
died seized and of and valuable real and
situate in the District aforesaid and IN Var
GINA and other places that complainant unable to give
particular description thereof, because the muniments
papers thereof have been taken possession OF by
of defendants and particularly the said Cornelius
p who has illegally caused himself TO be appointed admins
OF the said John T. that the defendants have entered
and holding of the said real estate, 10
the entire exclusion OF the complainant and have received
and receiving the rents and profits thereof, except
the house occupied by the complainant. The bill prays
the defendants do its allegations particularly
and discover the OF the said rents and profits and
the complainant for the third thereof
that the defendant, Cornelius may discover and dis
close full and perfect description OF all the said ea
and that the dover third part of much OF said
assigned and laid off to the complainant and the defend
be decreed admit her the possession OF much
thereof OF the ud lotion of this court and Tor al
orders and therefore, and that each OF the defend
be ordered psoduce and file all muniments OF title
said real estate and for general relief The bill states tina
several OF the defendants are OF the District
Columbia. to wit; Martin IL. and Gertrude Hoffman
Charles w. Van Ness, Edward Van Ness Eugene Van
Ness, Matilda E. Van Ness, and Peter Van Allen, and
prays for order OF publication against them
Ii is hsreupon, this 9th july SiS, adudged and ordered
that the complainant by causing copy OF this order 10 he
inserted in the Union newspaper published at the city
Washington week for successive weeks, give
absent defendants of the object and sub
this BILL and them appear in this court in
person by solicitor before the third Monday OF De
cember next, the premises, and show cause,
any they have why decree ought not to prayed
otherwise tie bill will be taken for confessed the first
such advertisements appear at least four months before
| JAS. DUNLOP.
BRENT Il MAY, solicitors for complainant -
True copy-test; w. BRENT, Clerk.
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