The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-07-03
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
ELLIS ID. WILLIAMS

THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND WIDOW OF
STEPHEN COX: HARRISON W. VICkERS
AND OTHERS.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county In Equity
No. lu3l.
HNHE object of this suit is to procure a
l. decree tor Il sale OF II certain lot and premises
in Cecil county. for the payment OF a certain debt
due the complainant from the said Stephen Cox
deceased. and of the debts of such other at his
creditors will come in and contribute to the
expense oi the Sut. and for general relief.
The Bill states that the said Stephen Cox was
in his life time indebted unto certain Frederick
Iieibrlndt. in the sum OF Sl5S34 on his bond.
dated the 10th of January. lS66. condition for
the payment Of the said sum, with interest, at the
expiration oil one year !raii .aI.i laiG. aud that
said bond on the 18th day of Aupurt, ls6s was
assigned by the said Frederick Leiblandt, for a
valuable consideration. to the complainant by
deed Of assignment of said date as by the com
plainants exhibits A and b. Tiled with the Bill.
will appear: that said year has long since passed
and that said sum .! money. with interest thereon
from the 18th OF August 1858 IL still unpaid and
owing to the complainant. That said Stephen
Cox. being indebted a. aiurusaid unto eomp plain
ant and other persons and having real and per
sona estate, died in Or about the year 1873, mites
tate. leaving a widow and children. not rcsidn"
in this State whose names are unknown who
the heirs-at-liw OF the said Stephen Cox. and that
the complainant does not know their names or
place OF residence. The Bill further charges that
the said Stephen Cox was seized and possessed of
certain lot and parcel OF ground in Cecil county
being the same sold by James b. Groomc Trustee
to David Scott. cot james, mentioned and de
scrhcd in the report OF sale III the case OF Angus
tus J. Craig and wife against Sarah Ford and
Others containing Isl acres. more or less. for the
SUN of S2?6.o": said report being recorded among
the proceedings in said ease in ihcr ID. s.. No. l.
Nc., ul.e vi ,he Equity REGARD l3UQkS OF said
county; that the said purchase nUnev was paid
i'll full by The said David SciItt to the said Trustee
hut thai 70 deed of conveyance To him or any
other person has been eNern,ed by the sId James
Il Gr"ome. Trustee. for said lot. The Bill further
shows that after the said purchase money was paid
by the said David Scott, he sold the said lot to the
said Stephen Cox. for the sum of - hundred
dollars which paid in full. and that he agreed
to convey to said Cox. or to his assigns the said
lot by proper deed of conveyance; and the Bill
oYGaatetl ny the said David Scott. he departed
this life intG-tato in May. 1879. leaving his child
rem, Ella NJ. Miller. vito Of EDWIN j, Miller
Henry ID. Scott and Helen Scott. his heirs at-law
and his widow, Annie f. Scott. upon whom all the
interest that said David Scott had in said real
estate devolvcd. and that said Eva C. Scott,
Bessie +. Scott, Henry ID. scott and Helen Scott
are infants under y years of age.
The Bill further charges that administration OF
the personal estate al lie said Stephen Cox hath
been granted by tho Orphans taurt Tor Kent
county unto llarrisGn W. Niukcrs. OF laid county.
who hath possessed himself nj said personal
estate. hut that complainant il informed and be
lieves that the same is not sufficient to discharge
all the debts of said Stephen Cox. deceased. at
the time oi his death: that the personal estate in
the hands of said Harrison w. NickcrS ought to
he applied To the claims of the complainant and
of other creditors of sirid stephen Cox far forth
as the same will extend, and that any deficiency
ought t. he supplied lay sale 0i the rial estate
Of thojr aiDresaid dehur. That the said Admin
istratOr hath not paid the said claim. nr rendered
any account Of the personal estate in hi hands,
and that complainant il unable to obtain relief
against him against the aforesaid real estate
without the aid OF this Court.
The Bill then prays that an account may he
taken oi said personal estate in the hands OF said
Harrison w. Eickcrs. under the direction of the
Court, and that the said real estate may be sold
iOr the payment OF the aforesaid debts may
remain unsatisfied by the application of the per
snnal estate. also for ., raj relief.
1t is thoreupon adiucn ID and ordered, this 18th
day Of june i'll the year 1881. that the complain
ant. by causing copy Of this Order to 10 inserted
in some newspaper publisl ned in Cecil county,
once Il week or one month before the 10Th day ui
July next. give notice to said widow and children.
the unknown heirs OF said Stephen Cox, deceased.
who are nonrcsidentS, of the substance and object
OF this Bill, and warn them to appear in this
court. in person or by solicitor, or before the
10th day of October next. to answer the premises
and show cause, if any they have, why IL decree
auall M to ia y as prayed.
JAMES A. DAVIS, Clerk
True copy; test, JAMES a. DAVIS,
June l3-lm Clerk,