The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-17
LEGAL NOTICES.
CH.I.NCEPY NOTICE.
In Chancery.
1tll April,
1851.

Michael Cain, James Cain the In Chancery,
elder, James Cain the younger, It'll April,
and Sarah Devln, 1851.
alias Sarah Cain.
The object Of this suit is to procure a decree
that the Dover ofthe SAID complainant in all the
lands OF which her husband jeremiah Cain, died
seized, in the State of Maryland may be set out,
finer said husband have left other heirs coInpc-
tent to inherit the same, and tina, ifhe have not,
that then the whole may be conveyed TO her by
a certain John c. Groome Esquire, Trustee APP
pointed for the sale of sud land, and in the
said defendants shall succeed in proving mar
rage of the said Jeremiah Cain prior to his
marriage to the said complainant, and that his
wife was living at the time oths said fraudulent
and pretended marriage to the said complainant,
that then the said John c. Groome, Trustee as
aforesaid. shall convey TO the said complainant the
lanl sold by him TO the said jeremiah Cain upon
the same terms and conditions that the convey
ance would have been made 10 the said .Jer-
emiah had he lived, and also for the payment to
the said complainant of such an amount of the
personal Estate left by the said jeremiah Cain
as may be fair and just equivalent for her work,
labor and services, while living with the said
Jeremiah his wife, and for the personal prop.
erty brought by her to the said jeremiah at the
time Of her marriage, together with the legal
interest thereon.
The Bill states that in the year 1896 the said
Ann Cain was lawfully married to one Jeremiah
Cain at Philadelphia, and that she lived with
him until his death in 1919. that on the said last
mentioned year they removed into the State of
Maj yland, and that then and there the said Jcr-
emiah bought of one John c. Groomc, Trustee
appointed under a decree OF this Honorable
Court, certain piece of Land lying in Cecil
county and that the said complainant supplied
him the said jeremiah with the money with
which the same was purchased, that the said Ann
Cain brought To- the said jeremiah Cam at the
time of their said marriage, large amount Of
property in money, household furniture, and in
other ways, that upon the death of the said Jere
mian Cain she administered upon his personal
estate, and after payment ofhs debts and funeral
expenses, charged herself as alm'X, with a bal
ance of about one hundred and eighty Dollars
remaining undslributcd in her hands.
That the said Michael Cainand James Cain the
elder, combining and contcdcrating with certain
person also calling himself James Cain and with
certa in other person calling herself Sarah Cain,
but whose real name is supposed to be- Sarah
Devlin, gave out and pretend since the death of
the said Jeremiah and not before, that the said
jeremiah Cain was many years ago married in
Ireland to one Sarah Dcvlln, and that the said
Sarah Deviin is still residing or until few years
since did live and reside in the said country of
younger was the lawful issue of said marriage,
that the said James Cain the younger and Sarah
Devlin alias Sarah Cain, now claim to have the
said personal Estate of the said jeremiah Cain
distributed TO them as his proper and legal rep
rcsentatives, and further that the said Sarah sets
up claim for dover in said Real Estate pur-
chased us aforesaid, and the said James Cain the
younger, sets up claim for the fee simple there
of. That the said Michael Cain and James Cain
the elder. were frequently in the lifetime of the
said jeremiah at the house where he and the said
complainant were living together as man and
wife, well knowing that they were so living,
and yet in all that time never informed the said
complainant that the said jeremiah had another
wife living, nor did the said complainant ever
hear the like from the said James Cain the
younger or from the said Sarah Devlin. That
the said James Cain the younger and Sarah Dew
lin are excited and stimulated to their claims by
the said Michael Cain and James Cain the elder,
and that the said Michael Cain, James Cain, the
elder, james Cain the younger, and Sarah Dcvlin
alias Sarah Cain, reside out of the the State of
Maryland.
Ii is theroupon aljudged and Ordered, that the
complainant by causing a copy of this Order TO
be inserted in some newspaper published in Ce-
Gil county, once week for one month, before
the Both day of May next; give notice to the said
Michael Cain, James Cain the elder, james
Cain the younger, and Sarah Dcvlin alias Sarah
Cain, the absent Defendants, of the object and
substance of this Bill, and warn them to appear
in this court in person or by solicitor, on or be-
fore the goth day of September next, TO answer
the premises and show cause if any they have,
why decree ought not to Iass as prayed.
True copy. Test,
LOUIS GASSAWAY,
.7pr. 1911, 1851 I'm Reg. Cur. Can.
Wesley and wife \