The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-30
Chancery In the Circuit Court OF the District o
Columbia for Washington county.
Mary A. Van Ness

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
THE object of this suit is assignment of her
dover to the complainant the real estate of John p
The bill states that the complainant lawfully
ried to the said John Van Ness at Philadelphia in the
year eighteen hundred and foryve BY an alderman
that the said marriage was not publicly
therefor requested that might be for time kept
from others than the family of the complainant to
complainant continued reside in house belonging to
her husband the said John in the city OF Washngton
marriage up his last Sickness the said John p conn
ally visited the complainant his wife, and correspondent
declarations towards close of life that he had made
his wilbut since his death will has been produced and
audueny and destroyed that the said John
had the strongest for avoiding an inesacy OF his
made false important subject with
out motive for doing that she cannot prove abso-
and relies upon rights widow and charges that she
has clear right of dover in all the real estate whereof the
his said marriage with complainant that said John P.
left no issue of his body surviving him. but left four branches
said branches by Cornelius p Van Ness, who
brother of the deceased another branch by Mrs Ger
EdwaS Eugene and Matilda a Van Nes
who children of deceased brother of the deceased and
the other branches by refer Aen Cnllu
of deceased sister of the deceased John r., all OF whom
are made defendants the bill; that John p Van Ness
died seized and possessed OF large and valuable real and
situate in the District aforesaid and in Viz
gnia and other Places that mplanan is unable to give
particular description thereof, because the munmens
and papers thereof have been taken possession Of by
of the defendants and particularly the said Cornelius
p who has illegally caused hmselfo be appointed admins
of the said John that the defendants have entered
no and holding possession OF the said real estate to
and are receiving the and profits thereof except of
the house occupied by the complainant. The bill prays
that the defendants do its allegations particularly
and discover the OF the said rents and profits, and
and that the defendant Cornelius may discover and dis
close ue full and perfect description OF all the said real
and that the dover third part OF much OF said
real within the jurisdiction OF this court be
assigned and laid of to the complainant, and the defend
deceed admit her into the possession of much
thereof of the jurisdiction OF this court and for all
orders and process therefore and that each OF the defend
be ordered produce and file all muniments OF title of
said real estate and for general relief The bill states that
the defendants residents of the District of
Columbia. to wit: Martin H. 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
pon this 9th July l848 adudged and ordered
inserted in the Unon newspaper, published the city
Washington, week for six successive weeks, give
notice the said absent defendants of the object and sub
this BILL and them appear in this conrt, In
by solicitor before the third Monday OF De-
cember next the premises, and show cause if
any they have, why decree ought not to prayed
otherwise the bill will be taken for confessed the first of
such advertisements to appear at least four months before
said day oil appearance go ,->r,o
DA True copy-sests W. BRENT, Clerk.
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