The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-01-26

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The object of this suit is to procure Il decree
FOR the sale of Il certain farm in CCCi County
in tins state, of which Elizabeth ii. GaIlahHr,
Wife Of tn" paintil, died seized ana POSSESSED.
The bill states that about the ninth day uf
DECEMBER, lSAi, the said EliHtbctn II. Galiuhcr
died IN Cecil county, having first executed her
last viii and t,Stum, nj; that said VIII has been
duly admitted tu probate by tn" Orphans
Court of said county; that. 10y saiu will, The
tcstatriN bcQu"ath,d ard devised her estate
as follows: " First, buqucutn 10 my husband.
Engch hdiiah,l, the sam Of two thousand
dollars in Lien of his dover. beside what fur
niturc he may desire rl what rymnlrs in my
house where now reside, the two thousand
dollars 10 bC paid to him rs soon aS my estate
shall hC settled up 10y my executors herein
after NAMED. Second, give and I, Wis, to my
friend and :, ere tarN. Edmuud p. Bric kcy, Of
Port Deposit; Nd, my hnIS" Aiu grounds
situated on Main street, Port Deposit Md
nov in TENANCY of Timothy kr'iH, ,ir, and
further agree, in cast, my husband, EnuCh
Gaiuhcr, REFUSES to accept the .tuovc two
thousand dollar amt iurnilnrc Ia tiA hUu,t in
lieu Of dyw,r tn,n hcquCath to The ;, id
Edmund L. RrilkIOy also the sum Of four
hundred dollars IN money, to be paid from my
estate Third. hoqu,uth All thu residue Ui
my estate to iii" Trustees of Mpunt Pleasant
Church, IN trust, the interest thereon to be-
applied to paying III" salary OF the minister in
charge or who may hereafter hu IN charge ut
the said Mount Pleasant Church. situated N
Mount Pleasant, Cecil County. Mury land"
Tho bill further alleges that the personal
cstat, # which the said Elizabeth II. GuHti,r
niul = lSS. So ri T. insufficient 10 pay thD sad
legacy Of 5000 to the piuintin, audthal thruuIy
other properly ui which the said to.tutriN dicG
sciECG. Ia addition To Ih" house and grounds
devised, H. at l,sHId, to Edmund Z. BriokI,N.
consists ct "a farm OF tract of land lying in thu
sixth Ei' elton District of said county, CON
tdtnin" eighty -uiur acres, more or less with
buildings. being tn" same farm ~ hich WIS
convey Ia lhr said Elizabeth II. GniiahOr il
James \. and Anthony :. Davis. Trustees, ana
the plaiH,in 10y deeds duly executed and IT.
corded among TIA, Lana Records Of said
county: that the church meant 10y said tcstm-
triN aud to which she ret, ~ il the ruSidUuuN
clause of uCr said VIII il tn" Methodist Episcu-
pal Church, situated at Muunt Pleasant in said
county: that said church is not body cOrpor-
ate of the STATE of Maryland, but its affairs
are managed 10y Trustees whose namcs urr
Charlie j. Davis, Ei Il. Ewing, John Watson.
Howard Is. Pierce, Iacharah Grant, William
A. HinGman. John b. Ncsbtt George Cunnau
and William T. Weldon, all of whom reside i'm
said Cecil County.
The Bill further alleges that the maiden
name of the said Elizabeth H. Gallahcr was
tn II. WhecIingtun: that about the year
lS5j she married II certain j. g. Burliu OF Cecil
County aforesaid that, prior to her marriage
To the said Burlin. she resided in Dorchester
County, in said State of Maryland: that the
said j. G. Burlin died about 1855 ard that
afterwards the said Elizabeth II. Gallahcr
married III" plaintiff; that no child was born
of either of said marriages; that she dicG
leaving no child nor dc sCcndant of child and
that, if she left any hCirS-ut-iaw, other than
the plaintiff, they are to the plaintiff unknown;
that the bequ.~ i or devise to the said Mount
Pleasant Church is void in law; that as to the
said residue of said estate the said Elizabeth
II. Galiaher died intcstatc and that her heirs
at-law are entitled to said residue; that the
plaintiff, as surviving husband, is entitled to Il
life estate in said residue and, in the event Of
there being no hcirs-at-law, other than your
orator, of the said Elizabeth H. Gulahcr that
the plaintiff is entitled to said residue absO-
mtely: that the said farm of the said Elizabeth
II. Gallahcr is subject to the payment of said
legacy of S2tNO and that the plaintiti is entitled
to have the said farm sold for the payment
thereof
/. The Bill further alleges that, if the proceeds
of sale of said fam amount to more than
enough to pay said legacy, the plaintiff is
I entitled, in the event of there being hCirs-ut-
law, other than the paintitf, of the said Eli2a-
/ beth III. Galluher, to have the surplus thereof
invested and the interest thoreirom paid to
him during his life and that in the event OF
there being no heirs-at-l Jaw, other than the
plaintiff, of the said Elizabeth H. Gnllahcr, the
plaintlf is entitled to receive said surplus
absolutely.
The Bill prays that decree may he passed
/ for the sale of said farm for the payment of
said Legacy; that the surplus if any, of the
proceeds of sale may, i'm the event OF there
being heirs-at- law; other than the plaintiff, of
under the direction of this court and the
interest paid to plaintiff during his life; that
said surplus, if amy, in the event of there
being no hers-at lazy other than the plaintii,
the plaintiff absolutely and that the plaintiff
may have such other relief as his case may
require.
Ii is thereupon, this 9th day of December.
1894, ordered by the Circuit Court for Cecil
County, i'm equity, that the plaintiff, by caus-
Ing copy of this order to be inserted In some
newspaper, published in said Cecil County
once in each of four successive We, ks before
/ the 30th day of January next, give notice to
I the said urknown heirs-at-law of the said
Elizabeth II: Gaahcr of the object and sub
stance of this bill and warning them to appear
in this Court in person or by solicitor on or
before the 18th day of February next, to show
cause, If any they have, why decree ought
not to be passed MS prayed.
JAMES II. GRAHAM,
/ True Copy-Test: Clerk
d29 At JAMES II. GRAHAM, Clerk.