The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-03
CHANCERT NOTICE.
Ann Cain,

Michael Cain, James Cain the In Chancery,
eller, James Cain the younger, 9TH April,
and Sarah Dcviin, 1851.
alias Sarah Cain.
The object of this suit IS to procure decree
that the Dover ot,lhc SAID complainant in all the
lands Of which her husband Jeremiah Cain, died
seized. in the State Of Maryland may be set out,
if her said husband have Lett other heirs corhpc-
tent 70 inherit the same, and that ifhe have not,
that then the whole may be conveyed to her by
certain John c. Groo,ne Esquire, Trustee ap-
pointed for the sale Of said land and in case 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 ofhis said frauiulent
and pretended marriage to the said complainant,
that then the said John C. Groome, Trustee as
aforesaid, shall convey 10 the said complainant the
land sold by him 10 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 10
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 as 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 lsi9, that on the said last
mentioned year they removed into the State Of
! Maryland, anl that then and there the said Jer-
cmiah bought Of one John c. Groomc, Trustee
appointed under o 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 broue hit 10 the said jeremiah Cain al 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-
milan Cain she administered upon his personal
estate, and after payment his debts and funeral
expenses, charged herself as adm'x, with bal
| ance of about one hundred and eighty Dollars
remaining undistributed in her hands.
That the said Michael Cain and James Cain the
elder, combining and confederating with certain
person also calling himself James Cain and with
a certain 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 Devlin, and that the said
Sarah Devlin is still residing or until {. lew years
Ireland, and also that ne said James Cain the
younger was the lawfol issue Of said marriage,
tte' the said .,ar'es g.. a.. ,ounger ana Sarah
Ds'.Ini.,ias Sarah Cain, now claim TO lave the
saii personal Estate OF the said Jeremiah Cain
I distributed 10 them as his proper and legal rep
resentatives and further that the said Sarah sets
up ella IN for dover in said Real Estate so pur-
chased as 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, we'll 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 Devlin
alias Sarah Cain, reside out of the the State OF
| Maryland.
1t is therouron adjudged and Ordered, that the
complainant by causing a copy of this Order 10
be inserted in some newspaper published in Ce-
Gil county, once week for one month, before
the 30th day oil May next; give notice to the SAID
Michael Cain, James Cain the elder, James
Cain the younger, and Sarah Devln 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 o, be-
/ fore the 30th day of September next, to answer
the premises and show cause if any they have,
why decree ought not to PASS as prayed.
louis GAssAwAY,
.4pr. 19th 1881 I'm Reg. Cur. Can.