Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-05-29

gENHE OBJECT of this suit is to obtain q
a Decree for the sale Of certain lands lying
in Montgomery county, of which the com
painaut, Sarah G. Nichols and certain Ma
re- A c.. Nichols aud Kehyen II. Nichols; now
deceased, we're seized tenants in common,
for the purpose of paying the debts of the said
Sarah c. Nichols, Mary A. G. Nichols and
kehven H. Nichols, and dividing the proceeds
OF such sale remaining after the payment OF
said debts among the several parties entitled
thereto.
The Bill states that on the Sd day of De-
cember in the year 1872, the complainant,
John II Gibson, recovered a Judgment in the
Circuit Court for Montgomery countya9ainst
tire said Sarah G. Nichols, Mary A. G. Mich
OILS and Kehven Fl. Nichols, for the sum of
two hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty
cents with interest thereon from said date,
and costs of suit. And on the same day, in
the same Court, the complainant, John ii.
Gibson, recovered against Sarah G. Nichols a
Judgment for the sum of one hundred and
seventy nine dollars and Twenty-Five cents,
with interest thereon from said date and the
costs OF suit, as will appear by reference to
properly certified short copies Of said judg
mems fled with the bill and marked Com
piainants' Exhibit, No. /.
The Bill further states that at the time the
said judgments were obtained the complain
ant, Sarah g. Nichols, ard the said Mary A
c. Nichols and Kehven II. Nichols were seized
as tenants in common of certain lands, lying
aud being in said Montgomery county, and
particularly described in certain deeds 10
them, properly certified copies Of which are
filed with the bill; and being SO thereofse
and possessed, sometime in the month OF No
vember in the year 1873 the said Mary A q.
Nichols and KEN wen II. Nichols departed this
life intestate, leaving as their only heirs at
law sister, viz the complainant, Sarah q.
Nichols; the daugh ter Of Camden R. Nichols,
% deceased brother, viz: Sarah +. Nichols,
who ntermarred with Il certain Thomas s.
Nichols; aud five children of Archibald Mich
OILS, deceased brother, viz: James Nichels,
Joseph Nichols, Rufus Nichols, John Nichols
and Leah Lucinda Nichols, who ntermarried
with a certain Philemon Harris.
The Bill charges that at the time of the
death of the said Mary A G. Nichols and
Kehven II Nichols neither they nor the COM
plainant, Sarah G. Nichols, possessed any
personal property whatever the same having
been seized and taken in execution by the
Sheriff of Montgomery county to satisfy GER
tain judgments against them and after the
death of the said Mary A G. Nichols and
Kehven II. Nichols the whole of said personal
property was sold TO satisfy said judgments ;
that no Administrations was ever had upon
the estates of the said Mary A G. Nichols and
Kehven II. Nichols, and The only property TO
which the complainant, Sohn u Gibson, and
the other creditors of the said Mary A. G..
Nichols, Kehven q Nichols and the complain
ant, Sarah G. Nichols, can resort for pay
ment of their claims is the land before re-
ferred to.
The Bill further charges that the said zeal
estate is not susceptible of advantageous par
tition among the parties entitled thereto, and
that the interests Of all parties will be better
snbserved by a sale of the whole lands, and a
division of the proceeds Of such sale remain
ing after the paw ment Of the debts Of the
said Mary A G. Nichols, Kehven II. Nichols,
and the compliment, Sarah G Nichols than
by n sale OF the various individual interests
in said lands belonging to the said Mary 4
c. Nichols, Kehven II. Nichols and the COM
pIainant, Sarah @ Nichols respectively, be-
cause a larger sum Of money can he obtained
for the said lands sold whole than the
separate sales of the various undivided inter
esis in said lands would amount to in the ag-
gregate.
The prayers of the bill are for Decree for
the sale of said lands, for the purpose Of pay
ing the debts Of the said Mary A. G. Nichols,
Kehven II Nichols and he complainant, Sa-
rah G. Nichols, and dividing tie proceeds Of
such sale remaining after the payment Of said
debts among the several persons entitled there
10, according to their respective interests
therein and for general relief.
The Bill further states that the said James
Nichols. Joseph Nichols, Rufus Nichols, John
Nichols Philemon Harris and Leah Lucinda
Harris, his wife, do not reside in the State of
Maryland.
It Is therenpon. this 2lstday Of Nav. iu the
year eighteen hundred and seventy-four. adj
Judged and ordered that the eomplaiuants,
by causing a copy of this order TO be inserted
in some newspaper published at Rockville, in
said Montgomery county. once 10 each of four
successive weeks before the first day Of July
next, give notice to the said absent defendants
Of the object and substance % this bill, and
warn them to appear in this Court in person