Montgomery County sentinel., 1888-03-30

No. 745 Equity. In the Circuit Court for
Montgomery county.
TVlHE OBJECT of this suit is to procure
Il The sale of certain land in Montgomery
county, belonging to the devsees Of Samuel
Queen, late of the District of Columbia, de-
ceased
The bill states that said Queen, on or about
the 10th day of April, 1885, departed this
life, leaving last will and testament, duly
executed 10 pass real estate. That said last
will and teslameut was duly admitted 10 pro-
bate by the Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia holding special session for Orphans
Court business, and that a properly authenti-
Gated copy OF the same was Only recorded in
the office of the Register OF Wills for Mont
gomery county, in which he devised to said
Ann W Queen and her heirs certain real es-
tate which is particularly described in the
bill and accompanying exhibits, in trust, to
sell the same and divide the proceeds between
said Ann Queen, his wife, and his four chill
dren, Alonzo, Louisa, Burnetta and Marga-
ret A. Queen, equally, ''share and share
alike" but said sale not to take place until
the youngest daughter is twenty -one years OF
age.
That Alonzo Queen, some time on or about
the l4th day of February, 1886, departed this
life intesate, unmarried and without issue.
Charles johnson, of said District of Colum-
bia.
That Buynetta Queen and Margaret A.
Queen are infants under twenty-one years of
age.
That said land is unimproved by any build
ings, and does not yield regular income.
That the taxes for the years 1886 and 1887
are due and in arrear, and that there are no
funds out of which the taxes car be paid, and
that the land is liable to be sold to pay the
same, and that to permit the land 20 be sold
for the purpose of collecting the taxes would
be TO the great loss and injury of said infants
and the others interested therein.
That said land is depreciatng in value and
prodGctiveness.
That the youngest daughter is in her seven
teenih year, and the lands cannot be sold by
said Ann W. Queen by virtue Of the power of
sale contained in said last will and testament
for four years, and that in the meantime it
will have at least deprecated one-half in value
because of its untenantable condition.
That land ia its vicinity is now selling at
greatly enhanced prices by reason OF a spec
uative feeling towards real estate prevailing
in said vicinity which NAV al any moment
cease, and that if it should be sold so as to
realize the benefits OF the present enhanced
value Of real estate 1t would bring, in the
opinion Of said complainant fully double the
amount it would bring should the speculative
values suddenly cease
That it would be for the interest and ad-
vantale Of the infants and all others interest
ed therein TO sell said land and invest said
infants shares in some good fund for their
benefit, and to distribute the balance among
the others according to their interest therein
And that all the parties reside out of the
State.
1t is thereupon adjudged and ordered tha,
the complainant, by causing copy of this
order TO be inserted in some newspaper pub
ished al Rockville, in said Montgomery coun-
ty, once in each of four successive weeks be-
fore the 3'st day of March next, give notice
to the said Louisa Johnson and Charles John
son, her husband, Burnetta Queen and Mar
garet A. Queen Of the objects and substance
of this bill, and warn them to appear in this
Court, IN person or by solicitor, on or before
the I'd day of July next, to answer the prem
ises and show cause, if any they have, why
decree ought not to pass as prayed.
AFfA JAMES ANDERSON, Cl'k
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
JAMES DAWSON,
mar 25t Ga Solicitor for Complainant.