Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-09-19

gXNHE object Of this suit is 10 obtain n de-
Il cree for the sale Of the real estate of
Joseph s. Watkins, deceased, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose
of paying so much Of the debts of the said
Joseph S. Watkins as may remain unsaiisfied
by the application Of the personal estate of
said deceased.
The bill states that the said Joseph S.
Watkins was indebted unto the complainant,
Samuel b. Watkins in the sum of Que hun
drcd aud Fifty dollars on account of his two
single bills, each bearing date the 10th day
of September, 1868, for the sums of one hun
bred dollars, and fifty dollars respectively,
payable ten days after date with interest
from date.
The bill further states that the said Joseph
S. Watkins being indebted as aforesaid unto
the complainant and also unto divers other
persons in large sums OF money, and having
both real and personal estate of considerable
value sometime in the month of May, in the
wear 1873, departed this life intestate, leav-
ing as his only heirs-at-law and representa-
tives, three brothers and one sister, viz Sam
uel J Browning, John 7. Watkins, Richard
w. Watkins and Rizpah Hyatt, who had
intermarried with n certain Philip Hyatt,
and whose said husband has departed this
life; and six children of deceased sister,
Sarah Lewis, viz Columbus Lewis ntermar-
red with a certain - Lewis, X. Cronen
Lewis ntermarried with certain - Lewis,
j. Franklin Lewis, Arnold 7. Lewis, Mary
j.. Lewis intermarried with certain William
Purdum and Rizpah Lewis intermarried
with a certain Nathan Burdett; and also
three children of another deceased sister,
Elizabeth Monkey, viz; Joseph r. Monkey in
termarred with Ellen j. Monkey, Greenbury
Moxley intermarried with Melzena MoXley,
and Rizpah Monkey who intermarred with
Il certain William D. Ewalt.
Tie bill further states that administration
OF all and singular the personal estate OF the
said Joseph S. Watkins hath been lately
granted by the Orphans Court of said Mont
gomery county unto the said Richard W.
Watkins, who in virtue thereof hath possess
ed himself of the said personal estate, but
the complainant is informed and believes that
the same is not sufficient to discharge all the
debts due and owing by the said Joseph S.
Watkins at the time of his DEATH and the
complainant is advised that the said personal
estate in the hands Of the said Richard W.
Watkins ought to be applied to the payment
of the claims Of the complainant, and the
other creditors Oft the said Joseph S. Watkins,
deceased, so far forth as hesame will extend,
and that any deficiency of the said personal
estate ought to be supplied by q sale of the
real estate of their aforesaid debtor, but the
complainant is unable to obtain adequate re-
lief against the said real estate without the
aid of this court.
The prayers Of the bill are for an account
OF the personal estate, and an application
thereof in due course of administration to
the payment of the debts of the said Joseph
S. Watkins, and for sale Of the real estate
of said deceased, or so much thereof as may
be necessary for the payment of so much of
the said debts as may remain unsatisfed by
the application Of the personal estate, and for
general relief.
The bill further states that the said Rzpah
Hyatt, r. Cronen Lewis and Lewis, his
wife, J. Franklin Lewis Arnold T. Lewis,
Joseph r. Monkey and Ellen j. MoXley, his
Wife Greenbury w. Monkey and Alezena
Monkey his wife, and William D. Ewalt and
Rizpah Ewalt his wife, do not reside in the
State of Maryland.
lis, therefore, this fifth day Of September,
in the year eighteen hundred and seventy
three, adjudged and ordered that the com
panant by causing a copy Of this order TO
be inserted in some newspaper published at
Rockville in said Montgomery county, once
in each of four successive weeks before the
sixth day of October next; give notice TO the
said absent defendants of the object and sub
stance Of this bill and warn them to appear
in person or by solicitor on or before the
sixth day Of January, in the year eighteen
hundred and seventy-four, to answer the
premises and show cause, If any they have,
why decree ought not to pass rs prayed.
e. b. PRETTYMAN, Cpk.
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sep :2-4t L. B. PRETTYMAN, Clk.