The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-01-05
,c Circuit Court for Cecil County. No
l!t!'22 Equity.

c object of this suit is to procure II decree
inc sale OF II certain farm in Cecil County,
= his State, of which Elizabeth IL. Gallahcr,
,Rt of the plaintitl, died seized and possessed.
~ he bill states that about the ninth day of
81 scmbcr, ls94, the said Elizabeth IL. Galiaher
n in Cecil county, having first executed her
III will and testament; that said viii has been
Nv admitted to probate 10y the Orphans
''put of said county; that, by said will, the
It,atriN hCquCathCd and devised her estate
ipsoIows: . First, bcqucath to my husband,
ihOch Gailahcr, the sum of two thoisanu
bllars i'll lieu Ct his dover, beside what fur
'iuirc ne may desire of what remains in my
busc where now reside, the two thousand
nllars to be paid to him as soon as my estate .
liter named. Second, give and deriSr TO my, .
friend and secretary, Edmund i. Brlcklty, OF .
Port Deposit. Md, my house and GROUNDS
situatcd on Main street, Port Deposit, MIDI
further agree, in cas-, my husband, EnHch
Gauhcr, refuses to accept the above two
dollars and furniture IN my mouse u,
lieu of dover, then hcqucath to the :; ID
Ednund P. i5ilcklcy also the sum of ly'r
hundred dollars in money, to b" paid IRON my
estate. Third. bcqucath all th' residue OF
my estate to the Trustees of Mount pleasant
Church, in trust, the interest thereon to he
applied To paying the salary of the minister III
charge or who may hereafter be in charge OF
the said Mount Pleasant Church. Situ9t,' "t
Mount Pleasant. Cecil County, Mtrylhud.
The bill further alleges that thn personal
estate of which the said Elizabeth IL. Gallahcr
died possessed is insufficient to pay NE sAiu
legacy of $1,000 to the plaintiff. aud that the 1llE
other property OF which the said trsihtrl% dlc''
seized in addition to the house ana EronihlS
devised, rs aforesaid, to Edmund !. hi'i h ~ d,
consists Of Il farm or tract Ot land lNlhs Ill 'lc
sixth Election District of said county, COL
tanning cighty-nuc acres, more or less, WIN
buildings. being the same farm Mnich WIS
convey ed 20 the said Elizabeth II. Gailahtr ny
lanes A. and Anthony :. Davis, lruN' c's, ana
The plaintiff 10y deeds duly rN,cui"d ana rt :
corded among the Lana RacurdS u silli
county: that the church meant t.! suu ttHih-
triN and to which she refers IN me II Siui'"ls
/ clause Of her said viii Is lit" Methodist tpsSco,
nal Church. situated al Mount Pleasant III SisIu
J county: that said church is not Il body curpnr'
ate Of the State OF Maryland, hut us dli"llf
are managed 10y trustees whose iiam's dI'
Charles j Davis, Eli f. Ewing, John watson
Howard Is. Pierce, Eachariah Grant, " Illhl
\. Iiudman. ,iunn Is. Nrsnitt, George anna,
ana William T.. Weldon. all ol WHOM F'7'"' II
said Cecil County. .,
Mo Bin further alleges that the naid"l
name of the said Elizabeth ii. GA'lahrf wa
Elizabeth II. WhccingtOn: thii ah"uI NY yea
lN,i she married tt certain j. o. B'liilh %, 'rl
county aforesaid; that, prl9r l" hoI ial i W
to tine said BurlIn, she resided IN '"ttntr'i'
Comfy, in sad State oi Maryland: thAt II
said j. G. &uIiu died about lSH.' am INA
nftrrwarus the said Elizabeth IL. Ediiih'
married the ,ilainttl: that ln 'h'i" Wiz "
. ui either ui ,ald marriages; 'hH' Hm mii "' n
leaving no child nor dt srchuhni "l 1t Ehi." ~
: that ii she left any hciIs-at-"W u'hll l.'''
fine nluiutili they are to tine palnlll llilhiio"
timi the ht ul,st or Wis" to the siit" Mo1'
Pleasant Church l., void in 'aw; tiitl As 10 ~
snid residue ui said ostut" tn" Sad hl'"'i",. -,
n t;nIlun,r died into state ana that u"L n"lr
nt-Ilv are entitled to SAID rusihh'; til'i -
, plaintiff a. surviving husband. Is 'h'','u :,
. life state in said +, slduc ana IN IN. ,n',''
th,rrp briur no Hrilt-;.t-taW, olhtl IMAM W.
70 nlr,tnr uI thC suiG Elizabeth ~. H".i;lh'i' III
the pantn is entitled to Siid irHi'Hr "''7
Ercly: that tine sail ltG1 ui the 7'l''' l.''""'
II Gnllnhr, is subject to the payment 81 ~
. LEGACY of S!ltU ana that the plalntlU l1thIl'I
: to hay, The said farm sold for the lm\n
thereof. -, .I,.. .,,,.,,.,.,.
The lii futhor all, g"S that, II III. proxy ~.
of sale OF said fam ;.IH"lill !" ~! -
nn,uh tu pay said Legacy. the nHiliiih
), rnttira. in tine event 81 tner" hri'E az III,
law, other than the llalntiii, "l ihS H''I' i1,"
a. beth H. Guluhcl. To nave IN, Hhil'uT ,u
ID i,r,nst,d and m, into r, II thurutroh lHlu
" Inn during his hfc and that in the ,Ncu'
There being no h,irS-itt-aw, nilit i,nI,
rIniutitt. ut the said Elizabeth II. Hi!li 'h',
plainltn l. rnlIt" I" I'N'N' '"'
/, Tur BiiI pray- that decree may hr pas,
for ia, sale of said farm Ion lit i"I III, ~ e.
III snid .plcy; that tn" surplus, II any %,
iii No. cr Il. 81 sale may. in tnc event 81 ~
N H. inc +, .irs-at-iuw: Other than tn" pa.hll"
w. the said Elizabeth II. Galllhcr, ht NM
y" ,Ind,.r th,. dirtctiun ui tlIlH court ~
IL Interest paid to pIaintih during NE W W
LA Surplus, If any. in the event (" ~
Lriu.r no il, irs-;,t- law, Cth'r thah ll,' l,"li'
~ of sad Elizabeth II. Galihh"r, may w. lI ,ii
81 tn" IalhllH H'H''"'' :! li -. hi. ,,,si. |
may have such other frIi'l H. VIZ
md ''I i is thcrcupom. this eth day of hcrgm
Vie ISL, ordered 10y ne C,rht t ,,,,l i2 y 9,
Thy n,| ;,,ny ut this order to lc inserted III :
i m@w sn go5a published in said Ccrt Cox
once in Zach Of four successive We ~ ~
40 The .,nh day of January neXt, HN" ' ,n,
TX NO aid nj known hCiI$-itl-laW Oh III,
Ei;,,t,,th H. (iullantru OF tt" phl"ct an"
'es, s ii4 Of this iii! and warming them IT, a"
alr in his Cour; in person or by s"iDxpI ,n a"
e of hntm,r mo 18th day of February nrAt''"
ices rnllsr. if any they have, why "'''
lple not to be- passed as ft.HftTGG' n GRAHAM.
at a ,r, -,
lr,d h5o I A. JAMES 7. GRAHAM, Clerk.