Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-08-21
In tn, Circuit Court
for Allegany County,
as q COURT of Equity.
No. 141l.

John T. Edwards, Ad- as q Court of Equity.
ministrator of Nor No. l4ll.
mand Bruce.
THE object Of this suit is to obtain a decree
i for the sale of certain mortgaged premises,
situated in the City of Cumberland, in said Al
legany County, which was on the 5th day of
June, 1919, mortgaged by Mermaid Bruce, of
Hoffman.
The Bill states that on or about the 9th day
| of June, 1S49, Normand Bruce, then of Allega-
ny County, but now deceased, executed and de-
lvered to IA certain John q. II Hoifman, now also
deceased his three several single bills, each
calling for $1,000, and dated as aforesaid, and
bearing interest from dato and payable as fol-
| lows: one on or before the fifth day of June,
| 1850; one on or before the fifth day of June,
lsoI and one on or before the fifth day of June
| 1852; and to secure the payment of said single
| bills, said Normand Bruce executed to said
plaintiff a mortgage dated on said fifth day of
June, 1S49, upon one undivided half of Lot No.
2Os, and portion of Lot No. zoe, situated on
the west side of Wills Creek, in said Seity o.
Cumberland, in said Allegany County. That
the frst two of said single bills were paid and
portion of the third but that balance Of
| about ak hundred dollars upon the same Ia
| still due and unpaid. That sometime in the
summer of 1858 said John e. Hoffman departed
this life, and that Letters of Administration
wore issued out Of tho Orphans Court Of said
Allegany County to Henry w. Hoffman, upon
the personal property of said John G. Hoffman,
| deceased, and that upon the fifth day Of June,
1881, said Henry ". Hoffman, the Admins
| traitor of said John G. Hoffman, assigned and
transferred said last single bill to said George
Rizer. That on or 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 n certain John T. Edwards of said Allegany
county, upon all and singular, the personal
property Of said Normand Bruce; and tina: as
such Administrator he paid upon said last sin
| gle bill the sum of $S06.47;nn that about the
sum of 5000, principa! and interest, is still due
and unpaid upon the same and that the per-
sonal property of said Norniand Bruce is insult
fcient to ray said balance; and that all the
| real property loft by the said Normand Bruce
at the time OF his deal tn, in snid Alogany Coun-
| ty, including that described and conveyed in
| said decd of mortgage, has been sold and dis.
posed of to said Walter Gwynn. who is at pres
ent the owner of the game, and who is non.
resident oftho State of Maryland ami that
the said property mentioned in said mortgage
is liable to be sold to pay said balance on said
single bill.
1t is thereupon this 5th day OF July, in the
year 1862 2,adjudged and ordered, by the Clerk
OF the Circuit Court for Allegany County, as
| Conrt of Ebuiiy, that the complainant, by
! causing copy Of this order TO be inserted in
| some newspaper published in the city Of
Cumberland, once in each Of four successive
| weeks before the 2Oth day of August next
give notice to the said absent defendant
Of the object and substance Of this bill, and
warn them 10 nprear in this court, in person
or by solicitor, on or before the 18th day Of
October re1t, 10 answer the premises and show
cause, if any they have, why a decree ought
not to pass rs prayed.
H. RESLEY, Clerk.
True Copy Test-HORACE RESLEY
July II, lSG2-4w. Clark.