The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-02-28

The object of this suit is to procure a decree
for the sale of certain real estate in Garrett
county, Maryland, which is described in a
deed from Anne =. Edwards to Julia A. Ed
wards dated the 18th day of November in the
year 1881. which deed is duly recorded in Iiber
w. III. 7, No. :, folio COS, etc, one Of the Land
Records OF Garrett county.
The Bill states:-
!. That on or about the 29th day of Novenl-
Der in the year 1881. a certain Anne p Ed
wards, of Garrett county, Maryland, conveyed
to her daughter. Julia a. Edwards. amongst
others, all that tract or part ola tract of land
lying il Garrett county known BY the name
as parts Of lots numbers Three and -Four o.
the ResurVey of the blooming Rose" cor
tanning one hundred and two and five eighths
acres Of land; also Military Lots numbers
Thirty-One Hundred and FortytwO (3l42) and
Thirty-one Hundred and Forty nee (3lI3g
also all Ofthe undivided half-interest of the
said Anne =. Edwards in tract OF land stu
ated in the same county called ~ estern
Route" or sometimes called by the name OF
Erich Hip, and said to contain two hundred
and eleven and seven eghthS acres; it being
the same land which was conveyed to James
Edwards and Leonard Smith by need from
James REYNOLDS dated the Ith daV of OctO-
Der, 1916, and recorded in Liber H. r.. No. /.
folio $40, etc, one OF the Lane Records OF AL
legany county, all of which will more fully
appear by reference To copy OF the deco from
the said Anne p. Edwards to the said Julia A.
Edwards herein filed and marked Plaintiffs
Exhibit No, /, and prayed to be taken and
considered as part OF this bill, together with
filed with the same.
. That on the LIST day Of ! dnc, 1898, the said
Julia A. Edwards sold and conveyed to a GER
tain William II. Riley, of the same county,
ten acres and forty percheS OF the aforesaid
tract called blooming Rose which Will
more fully appear by certified copy of said
conveyance herewith filed and marked Plain
tlfls' Exhibit Number >.
B. That on the llth day of October in the
year 1891, the said Julia y. Edwards made
and executed her last Will and les ament and
ON or about the 18th cay of October in the
same ear, the said Julia \. Edwards de-
parted this life in the town Of Oakland, and
that said will was duly admitted to probate
in the Orphans Court for Garrett county ON
the 18th day of October, 1894 all of which will
more fully appear by a certified copy of said
last will and testament herein filed and
marked Plaintiffs Exhibit Numbers.
L.. That by virtue ofsaid will the said Julia
a. Edwards devised unto the said Lawrence
]. Edwards, william II. Edwards, ThomG
Hayden Edwards, DemctriuS a . G. Edwards
and Mary y. Edwards, the hidren of her de-
ceased brother, William Edwards as tenant9
in common, and to the survivors OF them, per
stripes, all of the a1OreSai tracts of land
known as the blooming Rose tract or the
Resurvey on "BiOOming Rose and Military
! lots numbers Thirty one Hundred and Forty
two and Thirty-One Hundred and Forty
three; also all of her undivided half interest
in the above named tract of land called
| western Route or Rich HILL
D. That the said Leonard Smith. to whom
was decided the other half of the aforesaid
tract of land called western Route" or Rich
Hill" DEPARTED this life many years ago in
testate, and left surviving him the following
named children as his surviving hers-at-
law, to-wit: Francis +. smith, Mary +.
Smith, Catherine +. Smith and son, Joseph
Smith, who is also dead, dying int state and
| leaving surviving him as his hcirs-at-law
Mary f. Smith, widow, Mary f.. Jones and
George a Jones, her husband, and c. Joseph
Smith, to whom descended the aforesaid half
interest in the tract of land called western
Route
6. That the said real estate above described
is not susceptible of partition without mater
ial loss and injury to the parties entitled to
interest therein as above stated, and that in
order O make division Ofsaid interests il will
be necessary that said real estate be sold and
the proceeds thereof divided amongst the
parties according to their several interests.
That under commission de Ilntdtic0 maui
reHdO the said Lawrence j. Edwards has been
duly declared man cOnpOS meHtiS and is now
confined in n hospital for the insane, or under
the care OF Dr.. Isaac NJ. KeuIing at Media
Pennsylvania.
The bill then prays for decree for the sale
of said real estate and for distribution be-
tween the parties entitled thereto, and for all
such Other and general relief as the plaintiffs
may be entitled thereto.
It's thereupon, this first day of February,
in the year 1896 ordered by tn Circuit Court
for Garrett County, sitting in Equity, that the
plaintiffs, by causing copy of this order to
be inserted in some newspaper published in
said Garrett county once in each of -four sue
cessiVe weeks before the Sth day of March.
1895, give notice to the said absent defendants
of the object and substance ofthis bill warn
I ing them to appear in this:court in person or
by solicitor on or before the 2lth day of March
next to show cause. if any they have, why a
decree ought not to be passed as prayed.
e. H. TOWER,
Clerk Circuit Court.
True copy, test:
f. u. TOWER. Clerk. Isl