Democratic messenger., 1893-12-30
Order Publication.
Horace J. Hickman

William a. Gum and Harriet T..
Gum. his wife, and William Dupont.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. IL Equity No. 1896,
November Term. 1893, To wit
November 2Slh 1898.
The object of this suit Is to procure
decree for the sale of all that part
Of certain real estate situate in Wor-
ccster County in the State of Mary.
land, the whole Of which is situate 4
partly in Worcester County in the
State of Maryland, and partly in Sus-
sex County in the State of Delaware.
called Fcnwicks Island AMI the islands
adjacent thereto. and lying in ASA
waman Bay and Isle Of Wight Bay
aud the Atlantic Ocean, and contain
ing twelve hundred acres, including
land covered by water.
The bill states that the complainant
Horace J. Hickman is seized and
possessed of an undivided one-hali in
terest in and TO said real estate, which
was conveyed to him by DIR. Francis
NJ. Gum and wife by deed dated the
sth day of May a. d., 1898, recorded
among the land records Of Worcester
County in Liber f. III. =. No. ) folios
$50 and 65l that the defendant viii
liam A. Gum is seized and possessed
Of the other undivided one-half inter
est in and to the aforesaid real estate.
which was conveyed to him, the said
William A. Gum by James Burch and
wife by deed dated the 9TH day of
September in the year Eighteen hun
dred and seventy-threc, and recorded
among the land records of Worcester
County in Liber |. I. NJ, No. ; folio
16S; that the said Harriet +. Gum.
the wife of the said William 4. Gum
is seized of an inchoate right of dover
in said land dependent upon the death
of her said husband the said William
4. Gum, prior to the death of the said
Harriet + Gum that on the 26th day
of July 4. d., 1893 the said William
4. Gum and Harriet f. Gum. his
wife, executed a mortgage deed for
said land in favor of Il certain Will
liam Dupont for the sum Of four
thousand dollars with interest from
said 18th day of July. 1898. a duly
certified copy of which mortgage mark
ed Exhibit a is filed with said bill
as part thereof: that all ofthe parties
to this suit are of full age and are all
non-residents Of the State of Mary
land that said real estate situate in
Worcester County in the State of
Maryland is not susceptible of division
and cannot be divided without loss or
injury To the parties concerned. that
said real estate situated in Worcester
County in the State of MARYLAND he
sold as an entirety and that the pro-
ceeds arising thcreirom be divided
amongst them according to their Ie-
spectivc interests that the complains
ant is informed and advised that be.
ing Il on-current owner Of said real
estate with said William 4. Gum he
has the right Ia have said real estate
sold if it shall he made To appear Ia
this Court to he advantageous To all
parties concerned.
II is thercupon adiudgcd and or
dcred that the complainant by cau>-
ing a copy Of this order to he insert
ed in some newspaper published in
Worcester County once in each Of
four successive weeks before the first
day of January \. d., 1894, give
notice to the said absent defendants Of
the object and substance of this bill
and warn them 10 appear in this
Court in person or by Solicitor ON or
before the 18th day Of January 4. d..
1894, to answer the premises aud show
cause If any they have why decree
ought not I" pass as prayed.
FRANCIS lIENHY PrnxELL, Clerk.
True Copy.
Test FRANcIs Henry PrRxELL,
dec. pit. Clerk.