Democratic messenger., 1893-12-16
CLAYTON ! PURNELL, Solicitor.
Order Publication.
Horace j. Hickman

William A. Gum and Harriet f.
Gum. his wife. and William Dupont.
In the Circui, Court for Worcester
County. In Equity No. 1886,
November Term. 1898, To wit
November 2Sih 1893.
TIE object Of this SUIT i. To procure
a decree for the sale of all that part
of certain real estate situate in Wor,
cester County in the State of Mary.
land, the whole of which is situated
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 onc-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 +. ii. =. No. 3 folios
$50 and 651 that the defendant vii
liam \. 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 7lh day OF
September in the year Eighteen hun
dred and sevcnty-thrce, and recorded
among the land records of Worcester
County in Liber |. I. NJ, No. 3 folio
16S: that the said Harriet T.. 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
A. Gum, prior to the death of the said
Harriet f. Gum that on the 26th day
of July A. d., 1893 the said William
A. Gum and Harriet +. Gum, his
wife, executed a mortgage deed for
said land in favor of certain vii
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 partic.
to this suit are Of full age and are MI
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 ol
injury to the parties concerned, tha,
said real estate situated in Worcester
County in the State of Maryland b,
sold as an entirety and that the pro
ceeds arising ihereirom be divided
amongst them according 10 their le
spective interests; that the complain
ant is informed and advised that be
ing Il concurrent owner of said rea
estate with said William \. Gum h,
has the right to have said real cstat,
sold if it shall be made to appear I,
this Court to he advantageous to al
parties concerned.
1t is thereupon adjudged and or
dered that the complainant by caus
ing copy Of this order TO he insert
ed in some newspaper published in
Worcester County once in each %
four successive weeks before the frs
day Of January a. d., 1894, Civ,
notice To the said absent defendants o
the object and substance of this bill
and warn them TO appear in thi'
Court in person or by Solicitor ON ol
before the 18th day OF January A. ID.
1894, TO answer the premises and show
cause if any they have why deere,
ought not To pass as prayed.
FRANCIS HENRY PuRNELL, Clerk
True Copy.
Test: FRANCIS HENRY PuRxELI.
dec. pit. Clerk