The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-05-29
PARRY LEE DOWNS, Solicitor.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Va. for Hartford Co.
Albert Nelson Lewis ct al. In Equity.

William Melville Lewis, &c. In the Circuit Court
Albert Nelson Lewis ct al In Equity.
William Melville Lewis by Walter 1. Dawkins.
his next friend, who hereby authorizes the use
of his name as such next friend, Plaintiff VS.. Al
bert Nelson Lewis, Mary Lewis, Jarrett Thomas
Lewis and Harriet N. Lewis, defendants, in the
Circuit Court for Hartford County. in Equity.
tain sale of Certain real estate in Harford coun
ty. Maryland upon the grounds that the same
cannot be divided in kind among the parties en-
titled without loss and injury. The bill alleges:
First. That Elisha Lewis. deceased. who, at
the time of his decease, resided in Hartford coun-
ty, in the State of Maryland. departed this life
leaving large Estate, real and personal situated
in Hartford County and elsewhere in the State of
Maryland, and leaving last will and testament
of said county, in the year 1868, whereby he de-
vised farm or tract of land called Bloomsbury,
and also farm or tract of land called Chews
lying on the north side of Post Road, dividing
Bloomsbury from Lower Bloomsbury, to his wife
upon certain contingencies during her life with
power of sale to her, and upon her decease, she
having died without exercising said power. then
to mis- hye children equally, the said Albert Mel
and William Melville Lewis and Elisha Lewis.
and that he also devised the tract of land farm
hundred and sixteen acres or thereabouts, as
aforesaid and lying between the said Post Road
and the Chesapeake Bay, one.half thereof. to the
SAID Albert Nelson Lewis, and the remaininghalf
thereof to be equally divided between the said
four remaining children, equally, all of which
will more fully appear by reference to the said
Will, copy whereof will be filed in evidence at
the proper time.
Second. That after the death of the widow of
the testator, the said Elisha Lewis, one of said
children, and his wife executed a conveyance of
all his interest in the tracts of land aforesaid to
the remaining children of said testator, said deed
having been executed on the 10Th of May, 1877,
and duly recorded, a copy of which will be filed
in evidence at the proper time.
Third. That said land cannot be divided in
kind without loss and injury among the parties
entitled thereto, and it s for the benefit and ad-
vantage of all the parties to have the same sold
and the proceeds divided according to their re-
spective rights. The Bill prays that the proper
ty aforesaid may be sold and the proceeds d.
vided among the parties entitled thereto accord
ing to their respective rights, and that your ora
tor may have such general relief as may be
proper.
1t is thereupon ordered by the Circuit Court
for Hartford County, in Equity, this 18th, day Of
May, 1891, that the Plaintiff by causing copy OF
this order to be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in Hartford county, once q week for four
consecutive weeks before the 18th day of June,
1891. give notice to the absent Defendants. AL
bert Nelson Lewis, Mary Lewis, Jarrett Thomas
Lewis and Harriet N. Lewis, In said bill, and
warning them to appear in this Court in person
by solicitor, on or before the 9th day of July,
1891, to show cause, If any they have, why de-
cree should not be passed as prayed.
A. LINGAN JARRETT, Clerk.
True copy, test,
15my A. LIN9AN JARRETT. Clerk.