Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-01-03
No. 1851 Equity.

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In the Circuit Court tor Frederick Conn.,
was Court of Equity.
November TERM, 1888.
Eliza Catharine Bell,
John Henry Bell, administrator &C., of Mary
Bell, deceased, Susan w ORTIZ and Lewis Worta
her husband and others.
THE object of the bill filed in this cause
l. is to procure decree for the sale of the
real estate Of which Mary Bell died seized
and possessed for the purpose of paying her
just debts and distributing the surplus among
the parties entitled in proportion to their
respective rights.
The Bill states that certain Mary Bell
late of Frederick County was In her lie time
indebted unto the plaintiff in the sum ofsev-
en- hundred and seventy-nine dollars for Ia.
Dor and services rendered from about July lat
1878 to the time of her death, all of which is
due and unpaid; that being thus indebted to
plaintiff and also indebted unto various 9TH
er persons, and having real and personal e.
tate, she died ntestate in the year 1888. leav-
ing as her heirs at law, daughter Eliza
Catharine Bell, daughter Susan wife Of
Lewis Wortz, son John Henry Bell the
name of whose wife is Annie Bell, q daugh-
ter Mary wife of Washington Shryock, a
daughter Sarah wife Of Eugene Staub, a son
Benjamin Bell the name of whose wife Ii
Emma Bell, a daughter Margaret wife of
James Beverly Buxon, a son George Bell the
name of whose wife is Ida Bell all adults re-
siding in Frederick County, and daughter
Georgianna Rebecca now wife of James
Bowersox and a daughter Florence now wife
of Jacob Isanogle all adults, non-residents Of
the State of Maryland and believed to reside
in the State of Virginia; that administration
of the personal estate of said Mary Bell hath
been duly granted to John Henry Bell who
has possessed himself of said personal estate;
that said personal estate is not sufficient to
discharge all the just debts Of said Mary
Bell and that the same ought to be applied
to the payment of said debts and the de-
ficiency supplied by the sale Of said real es-
tate; that said real is situated in Frederick
County and is described in deed from
Christopher Baker and wife copy whereof
is exhibited; that said real estate cannot be
divided without loss or injury to the parties
interested and that each Of the children Of
said Mary Bell has been advanced to the ex.
tent of one hundred and twenty dollars. The
Bill then prays that the personal estate may
be applied to the payment of the debts Of
said intestate due plaintiff and all Others who
will come in and contribute to the expenses
of this euit and that said real estate may DO
sold and 80 much Of the net proceeds thereof
as may be necessary applied to the payment
of SO much of said debts as may then remain
unpaid and the remainder be distributed
among the parties entitled thereto in proper.
ton to their respective rights, and for gen.
eral relief and for process.
1t is thereupon this 9th day Of December
A. D., 1883 by the Circuit Court for Freder-
lex County as Court of Equity and by the
authority thereof adjudged and ordered that
the plaintiff by causing copy Of this order
to be published once a week for four sue
ccssive weeks prior to the third day of Feb
ruary A. D. 1884 in some newspaper pub
lished in Frederick County, give notice to
the said Georgianna Rebecca Bowersox and
James Bowersox her husband, and Florencs
Isanogle and Jacob Isanoglc her husband.
the non resident defendants, believed to re-
side in the State of Virginia, of the substance
and object Of this bill and warn them to ap-
pear in this Court in person or by Solicitor
on or before the sixth day of May A. D.
1884 and shew cause if any they have why
the relief prayed should not be granted.
ADOLPHUS FEARHAKE, JR,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick Co.
Jan 5t.