Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-10-16
George Rizer,

rs. In tho circuit Court
Walter Gwynn and for Allegany County,
John Z. Edwards, Adj as q COURT of Equity.
minstrator of Nor No. 1411.
mand Bruce.
THE object of this suit is to obtain o decree
L for the GALE of certain mortgaged promises,
situated in the City of Cumberland, in said Al
legany County, which was on the 5th day of
June, lSiS, mortgaged by NormaId Bruce, of
said County, deceased, to the late John G.
Hoffman.
The Bill states that or about the 5th day
of June, 1S49, Noripand Bruce, then of Allega-
ny County, but now deceased, executed and de-
livered to certain John q. Hoffman, now also
deceased, his three several single bills, each
calling for $1,000, and dated MS aforesaid. and
bearing interest from date and payable as fol-
lows: one on or before the fifth day of June,
1850 one on or before the fifth day of June,
1871; and one on or before the fifth day Of June
1852; and to sccure the payment of said single
bills, said Normand Bruce executed to said
plaintiff a mortgage dated on said fifth day of
June, lS49, upon one undivided half of Lot No.
EOS, and a portion of Lot No. 2O9, situated on
the west side of Wills Creek, in said City of
Cumberland, in said Allegany County. That
the first two of said single bills were paid and
portion of the third but that balance of
about six hundred dollars upon the same is
still duo and unpaid. That sometime in the
summer ofls53 said John G. Hoffman departed
this life, and that Letters of Administration
were issued out of the Orphans Court of said
Allegany County to Henry W. Hoffman, upon
the personal property of said John G. II offman.
deceased, and that upon the fifth day of June,
1854, said Henry ". Hoffman, as the Adminis-
traitor of said John q. Hoffman, assigned and
transferred said last single bill to said George
Rizer. That on OF about the seventh day of
October, 1854, said Normand Bruce departed
this life, and in due time Letters of Admins
tration was Issued out of said Orphans Court
to certain John T. Edwards of said Allegany
county, upon all and singular, the personal
property of said Normand Bruce; and that as
such Administrator he paid upon said last sin
gle bill the sum of $S06.47; and that about tho
sum OF $500, principal and interest, is still duo
and unpaid upon the same and that tho per-
sonal property of said Normand Bruce is insult
ficient to pay snid balance; and that all tho
real property loft by the said Normand Bruce
at the time of his death, in said Allegany Coun-
ty, including that described and conveyed in
said deed of mortgage, has been sold and dis
posed of to said Walter Gwynn, who is at pres
ent the owner of the same. and who is n nom
resident ofthe State of Maryland and that
the said property mentioned in said mortgage
is liable to be sold to pay said balance on raid
single bill.
1t is thereupon this 9Th day of July, in the
year 1862 ,adjudged and ordered, by the Clerk
OF the Circuit Court for Allegany County, as
Court of Ebuity, that the complainant, by
causing copy ofthis order to be inserted in
some newspaper published in the city of
Cumberland, once in each of four successive
weeks before the Goth day of August next,
give notice to the said absent defendant
of the object and substance of this bill and
warn them to appear in this court, in person
or by solicitor, on or before the 18th day of
October neNt, 10 answer the premises and show
cause, if any they have, why decree ought
not to pass as prayed.
Fl. RESLEY, Clerk.
True Copy Test-HORACE RESLEY,
July II, l862-4w. Clerk.