Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-16
LEGaL NOTICES.

VIRGINIA: At Rules held in the Clerk S
Y office OF the Corporation Court of the city
of Alexandria, on the Sd day of March, lol4,-
Louis A. Won Hoffman, plaintiff
VS.. In cuaiCeiy.
John II. Russell, defendant :.
TIE object of this suit is to obtain decree lor
the sale of the uncxpired term of lease OIL nlile'
ty-nine ye.rs from the 2Gth of February' 1000,
mad. by the City Council of AleXandrla u
VIM H. Fowle and George y: Fowie, " aeen
beurng date on Il at day, dcrslng all thaI iot "
ground in Alexandr!s, beginning a1 tnr W
east side OF Potomac strand, and running east
wurdlv with Duke street into the Potomac river;
then returning to the point OF beg inning ana
running southwardly with the east SIDE q e. GO,
,omac strand one hundred and forty-n'S l'eI
seven inches, more or less, to the line OF james
Grren then csstwardiy parallel To Duke street
into /! e Said river; then north to conhect VIII
the first line with the use OF the strand IN com
mon with Others entitled thereto. Also Inc uh-
expired term of lease OF ninety nine year oiii
july 25 1854 made by said City Couhcii 70
VIM. a. Fowe, by deed bearing date OF Sep,
TEN Der 49, 1874 devsing all those lots OF GROUND
in Alexandria, beginning ut the lhtersecIoh "
the south side of Duke street with the W.st siue
Potomac strand aid running southwardly with
the west side of Potomac strand one hunareu
feet; then weStwardty parallel TO Duke street
thirty on feet then north wardly parallel to the
thirty one feet to the pace OF beginning. Lol
number two, immcdi .tcly west OF that hfst de-
scrbed and exactly of thesame dimensions. Lot
| number three, immediately west ol number t"o'
and exactly of tie same Dimensions. LOT mum
her four. beginning on Duke street st polnt
ninety three feet from It's southern intersection
with Potomac strand, and running scuth"aru'y
parallc with the western line OF lot number
three one hundred and twenty feet then west
wardly thirty feet eleven inches parallel to Duke
street; then northwardly parallel to the west
line of lot number three one hundred ana twenty
feet; then catwardly thirty feet eleven inches 10
the place of beginning. Lot number hVe, pc
ginning on Potumac strand west side, at Il polnI
one hundred and fifty one feet seven inches from
its intersection with the south side ot Duke
street, and running weStwardly parallel VIII sna.
Duke street one hundred and twenty three 1eet
eleven inches theI. northwsrdly parallc to 70
tomac strand thirty one feet seven inches; tnen
eastwariy parallel with Duke street one nun
dred ard twenty three feet eleven inches tncn
southwardly and along the west side OF foleinac
strand thirty one feet seven inches to the begin
ning-al the said lots bounding on an alley
twenty feet wide in the rear leading to the 70
tomac strand, with the use OF the sald fotoiac
strand in common with others entited tnereto.
Also all and singular the cdidces, buildings,
rights, members, privileges and appartenances
thereto belonging. Also all the machinery,
engines, fixtures, &c, upon the premises. ana al
the estate of the said John Ii Russell At law and
equity in and to the devised premises and every
part thereof, and for an application OF the pro-
ceeds of sale to the payment OF a claim "l Tue
plsintilf against the defendant for the sum Of
S23, 500. with interest thereon from October lst,
1872; also for the sum OF S7144 Is, with interest
thereon from October lst, 1872, under u mort,
gage from the said John H. Russell to the <nld
Louis a. Won Hoffman, bearing date October LIST,
1872.
The defendant not having entered his appear
ance and given security according to the act OF
Assembly, and the rules Of this Court and 1t APP
pearing by affidavit that nc is not u resident OF
this State 1t is ordered that said defendant appear
here within one month after due publication OF
this order, and DO what necessary to protect his
interest in this suit; and that copy OF this Or
der be forthwith inserted in the Alexandria ca
zette, a newspaper published in the city OF Al
exandria, once Il week for four successive weeks,
and posted at the front door OF the Court House
of this city. \ copy-test.
MORTON MARYE, Clerk.
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