Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-05-26
No. 4159 Equity.

In the C1Tcut C0'H1 lor FTeaeTtch
County as a Court Of Equ'ty,
FEBRUARY TERN 1876. :
james w. EichcbcrSer,
Casper Myers, Exr, &c, of Mary NJ.
Houck, decd, ct al.
TNIIE object of this suit is to procure
J. decree for the sale of certain real es.
tate in Frederick county of which Mary
NJ Ilouck, now deceased died seized and
possessed for the purpose of paying the
claim of complainant and other creditors
of said Mary NJ. Houck, if any such there
be. The bill states that said Mary. M.
IIouck, was, in her lifetime, indebted to
the complainant in the sum of five hun
drcd and eleven dollars for matters and
things properly chargcable in account and
for medical attendance; the said Mary NJ.
IIouck being so indebted, died about the
year 1913, leaving will, whereby she de-
viscd and bcqucathed to her son Vincent
Myers, for his support during his natural
life, all the property Of which she died,
seized, real, personal and mixed, the same
to be sold for the support of said Vincent
Myers, if in the discretion other Executor
he should consider it necessary, appoint
ing by said will certain Casper Myers,
her Executor; that said Mary NJ. Houck
obtained the said real estate by will from
her former husband, Henry Houck. That
sad real estate in SO far as the same is sit
uatcd in Frederick County, and IN so far
as the same is situated in the State of Ma
ryland is described in II deed from John
| Harriet to said Henry Houck that said
Mary NJ. Houck left surviving her thief o.
lowing children, Il son, Vincent Myers,
who is en- adult unmarried and resides in
Frederick county; son, Casper Myers,
the name of whose wife is Ann S. Myers,
a son, VIM. Henry IIouck, the name of
whose wife is Leah Houck, both of whom
are adults residing in Frederick county.
ard daughter. Barbara Houck who is an
adult, unmarried residing in Frederick
county; that said Mary NJ. Houck had also
daughter named Mary A. Myers, who
ago and has never been heard of since, but
whether living or dead, married or unmar-
rcd is unknown to the complainant, nor
does he know where she resides if living,
nor to whom married if she be married,
nor if she died married, who are her rep
rescntativcs, but if living she is an adult;
that said Mary M. IIouck had also son
named Joseph II. Houck, who left his
home some ten or twelve years ago and
has never been beard of since, and whether
he is living or dead, and if living where he
resides is unknown to the Complainant,
but if living he is an adult, and if dead, his
representatives and heirs are his wife,
Catharnc Houck, who is an adult, rcsid-
ing in Frederick county. and three chill
drcn namely, Mary f. EIouck, Joseph X.
Il. IIouck and William E. H. Houck, all of
whom are infants, unmarried, residing in
Frederick county. The bill further states
that the will of Mary ~ Houck has been
duly admitted to probate and that letters
Tcstamentary have been granted to said
Casper Myers who has possessed himself
of the personal estate and has properly APP
piled the same that the personal estate is
insufficient for the payment of the debts,
and that complainant and other unsatisticd
creditors are entitled to have their claims
paid out of the real estate. A copy of the
will of Mary NJ. IIouck, of the will of Hen
ry Houck, of the deed from John Harriet,
and of the inventory of the personal prop
crty of said Mary M. IIouck and OF the ac-
count settled by the Executor in the Or
phans' Court for Frederick county, are
flied as exhibits to the bill which pray for
a sale of the said real estate situated in
Frederick county and for general relief.
1t is therefore this Sd day of Nav A. y.
1876 adjudged and ordered that the COM
plainant by causing a copy of this order to
be inserted in some newspaper published
in Frederick county and in each of four