Montgomery County sentinel., 1888-03-16
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Ann w. Queen VS.. Louisa johnson and
Charles johnson, her husband, Bur-
netta Queen and Margaret A.
~ Queen.
No. 745 Equity. In the Circuit Court for
Montgomery county.

VNHE 0BJEGT OF this suit is to procure
Il the sale of certain land in Montgomery
county, belonging to the devisees 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 TO pass real estate. That said last
will and testament was duly admitted 10 pro-
bate by the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia, holding special session for Orphans
Court business, and that properly authent-
eated copy of the same was duly recorded in
the office of the Register of Wills for Mont
gomery county, in which be 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 !" bat said sale not TO take place until
the Youngest daughter is twenty one years of
age.
That Alonzo Queen, some time on or about
tthe l4th day of February, 1886, departed this
! life iutesiate, unmarried ard without issue.
That Louisa intermarried with certain
Charles johnson, of said District of Column
bia 45s5. e-}..=s,
That Burnetta 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 tne taxes for the years 1886 and 1887
are due and in arrear, and that there are no
funds Out of which the taxes ca be paid, and
that the land is liable to be sold TO pay the
same, and that to permit the land 70 be sold
for the purpose Of collecting the taxes would
be to the great loss aud injury of said infants
and the Others Interested therein.
That said land is depreciating in value aud
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
Tor four years, and that in the meantime il
will have at least deprecated one-half iu value
because OF its untenantable condition.
That land i'll its vicinity is now selling at
greatly enhanced prices by reason of a spec
uiative feeling towards real estate prevailing
in said vicinity which may al anv moment
cease, and that it it should be sold so as to
reallze the benefits of the present enha need
value OF real estate it would bring, in the
opinion of said complainant fully double the
amount 1t would bring should the speculative
values suddenly cease
That it would be for the interest and ad-
Ndhta2e ot tue 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 nteres, therein.
And sfhat@al the parties reside out of the
State.
tits thereupon adjudged and ordered that
the complainant, by causing copy of this |
order to be inserted in some newspaper pub |
i'shed at hockviile, in said Montgomery couu-
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 10 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 |
a decree ought not to pass as prayed.
JAMES ANDERSON, Crk
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
JAMES DAWSON,
mar 2-5t Solicitor for Complainant