Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-09-05
ORDER on PUBLICATION.
James b. Henderson, Plaintif.ys Jul
ian Griffith and Mary V. Griffith, his
wife, Robert Hicks and Annie E,
Hicks, his wife, and Sarah y. Har-
per, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, as Court of Equity.

TNHE OBJECT of this suit is to procure q
Il Decree for the sale of the landsof which
Richard Harper, late of Montgomery county,
died seized and possessed, or so muh there
OF as may be necessary for the payment OF his
debts
The Bill states:
lst. That the said Richard Uarper was in
his lifetime indebted unto ceriniu William
Mullican, OF said Montgomery county, in the
sum OF one hundred and twenty dollars and
sixty cents, with interest Thereof from the
sixth day Of June, in the year eigi cen hun
dred and seventy-six, and the sun Of eight
dollars and twenty cents costs of ne suit on
and by virtue OF a judgment rendet.d on said
sixth day Of June, in the year eig. cen hun
dred ana seyenty-six, by the Circ't Court
for Montgomery county, in favor Of the said
William Mullican against the sad Richard
Harper for said sum Of money, with pterest
and costs as aforesaid, which said Judgment
has since been assigned by the sale illiam
Mullican to the plaintiff; and was frther in
debted 10 the plaintiff in the sun of seven
hundred dollars, with interest the'on from
the twenty-ninth day of September, in the
year eighteen hundred and eighiy-oIe, on Fad
by virtue of his single bill to the plaintiff,
bearing said date for said sum OF Money aud
payable three years after date vii, interest
as aforesaid
End. That being so, as aforesaid, ind .bted
unto the plaintiff and unto divers other per-
sons in large sums of money the said REGARD
Harper, some time in the month Of Jun! in
the year eighteen hundred and eighi&&hr,
departed this life interstate, being al tle time
OF his death possessed Of very little, i any,
personal property, but owning real esate Of
considerable value and leaving three hildren
viz Mary ", intermarried with certain
Julian Griffith Annie e., intermar Jed with
certain Robert Hicks, and Sarah I Harper,
his only heirs-at-law and legal reA Data
tives.
3rd. That the personal estate LET'S ~ The
said Richard Harper is so inconsiderabie IA
amount and value that no administration
thereon has been sued out OF the Orphans
Court OF Montgomery county, and The PLAN
till charges that if the said Richard ilefper
left any personal estate whatever, aud he
plaintiff has been unable TO discover any Ne
same is wholly insufficient 10 discharge Dc
debts due and owing by the said Richard
Harper at the time OF his death, and the plain
till is advised the creditors of the said Richard
Harper have the right to have his said rei
estate sold and the proceeds of such sale ap-
piled 10 the payment of their claims accord.
4 ing to their respective legal prioriter.
4th. That the said Robert Hicks and A mi,
II. Hicks, his wife, and the said Sarah l. llar-
per do not reside in the Stale Of Maryland.
9Th. The prayers of the bill are for sal,
OF the real estate of which the said Richard
Harper died seized and possessed, or so much
thereof as may be necessary for the payment
OF his debts, for general relief and for prope;
process against the defendants.
II is therenpOn, this twenty-third day O
August, in the year eighteen hundred and
eighty-iour, ordered that the plaintiff cause a
4 copy Of this order, together with the oblec
and substance of the bill, TO be inserted II
some newspaper published at Rockville, IL
said Montgomery county, once a week io
four successive weeks before the twent y-ihirt
day OF September next, giving notice 10 tn
said Robert Hicks and Annie +. Hicks, hi,
wife, and Sarah l.. Harper the non resden
defendants named in said bill, and warning
them to appear in this Court, in person or bl
solicitor, II or before the twenty day o
December next, 10 show cause, il any the
have, why decree should not pass as prayed
u. b. PRETTYMAN, Clk
h Circuit Court for Montgomery county
y True copy-Tcst:
aug 29-4l Il. -. PRETTYMAN, Cpk