Democratic messenger., 1893-12-23
Order Publication.
Horace J. Hickman

William A. Gum and Harriet T..
Gum. his wife, and William Dupont.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. In Equity. No. 1856.
November Term. 1893, 10 wit !:
November 2Sth 1893.
The object Of this suit is To procure
Il 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 situated
partly in Worcester County i'm the
State Of Maryland, and partly in Sus-
sex County in the State of Delaware.
called Fenwicks Island and the islands
adjacent thereto. aud lying in ASA
waman Bay and Isle Of Wight Bay
and 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
tcrest in and TO said real estate. which
was conveyed 10 him by DIR. Francis
NJ. Gum and wife by deed dated the
sth day of May A. d., 1893, recorded
among the land records of Worcester
County in Liner F. ii. p. No. ) folios
$50 and col /; that the defendant vii
liam 4. 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 bv James Burch and
wife by deed dated the 9TH day of
September in the year Eighteen hun
dred and sevcnty-three, and recorded
among the land records of Worcester
County in Liber |. I. NJ, No. 3 folio
l6S; that the said Harriet +. Gum.
the wife of the said William A. Gum
is seized of an inchoaie right of dover
in said land dependent upon the death
of her said husband the said William
\. Gum, prior to the death of the said
Harriet + Gum that ON the 26th day
OF July A. d.. 1893 the said William
4. Gum and Harriet +. Gum. his
wife, executed mortgage deed for
said land in favor of certain Viii
liam Dupont for the sum of four
thousand dollars with interest from
said 26th day Of July. 1893. a duly
certified copy of which mortgage mark
ed Exhibit a is filed with said bill
as part thereof: that all of the parties
To this suit are of full age and are all
of the State of Mary
land that said real estate situate in
Worcester County in the State oi
Maryland is not susceptible of division
and cannot be- divided without lnss or
injury To the parties concerned, that
said real estate situated in Worcester
County III the State of MARYLAND be
sold as an entirety aud that the pro
reeds arising thcrcirom bc divided
amongst them according to their ic.
'lTctIvc Interests that the complain
ant Is informed and advised that he
Ing con current owner of said real
estate with said William \. Gum hc
has the right To- have said real estate
sold if it shall he made 10 appear 10
his Court To he advantageous To all
parties concerned.
1t is thereupon adjudgcd AMI or
Tered that the complainant by cauS
nc copy of this order To he insert
81 in some newspaper published in
Worcester County once in each ui
bur successive weeks before the first
lay of January \. d., 1891. give
notice to the said absent defendants Of
he object AMI substancc Of this hill
md warn them 10 appear in this
'ourt in person or by Solicitor on or
before the 18th day Of January a. d..
lS9i, 10 answer the premises and show
'ause il any they have why decree
'ught not to pass as prayed.
FRANCIS Henry PuRxELI, Clerk.
True Copy,
Test: FRANCIS Henry PURxELI,
dec. 2-4t. Clerk.