Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-08-28

TIME OBJECT of this suit is to procure
L Decree appointing new trustee in thu
place of Richard Randolph, deceased, to ex-
ecute and carry out certain trusts created BY
the last will and testament of Martha J R
Codwise, deceased
The bill states that Martha J. r. Codwise
late of Montgomery county, died some time
in the year 1889, leaving last will and test
ament, duly executed to pass real and per
sonal property in this State, which said will
has been duly proved and is now of record
in the office of the Register of Wills Of said
Montgomery county.
That by said will the said Martha J. R
Codwise among other requests gave and be.
queathed all of the rest and residue of ber
estate to Richard Randolph, the executor
therein named, in trust, with certain discre
tionary powers, for the benefit of your ora.
trix, Jane R. Codwise, during her single life
with rema inder in equal parts to your orator,
Beverly r. Codwise the said Mary B. Wat
son and your oratrix, Jane r. Codwise, if she
married, or in the event she never married
to such person as she might in her lifetime
appoint by deed or will, the children of any
deceased remainderman to take the share o
the parent
That the said Richard Randolph after hav.
ing qualified as executor OF said will and after
ud'luk oSSCplSu tubt, utpdt luis lit
some time in the year 1893, at the city oil
Baltimore, Maryland, intestate, and subse
quently letters of administration upon his
personal estate were granted by the Orphans
Court of Baltimore city, Maryland, to the
Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company Of
Baltimore, Mary land, body corporate.
That the corpus OF said trust fund origi.
nally amounted to the sum of $ll, 1874 81
as shown by the account of Richard Ran
dolph, executor, and that the corpus of said
trust fund now amounts TO $ll 300, as shown
by single bill for $500 to said Martha ]
Codwise, secured by mortgage dated June
%, 1886, and recorded in Liber J. A :, No. Q,
folios 359, etc., of the Land Records of said
Montgomery county, and mortgage to said
Richard Randolph, executor of the last will
and testament of Martha J. Codwise, de.
ceased, bearing date the 22d day of April,
1891, and recorded among said Land Records
in Liber j A., No 26, folios 80, ETC., to Sc
cure the pay ment of the sum of SO, 800.
That the said Mary B. Watson depar led
this life subsequent to the death of the said
Martha J X Codwise, intestate, leaving sur
viving her the following named children who
were her only heirs at law, viz the defend
ant, Jennie R. Valmer, intermarried with
the defendant Charles A. Vallmer, the defend.
ant Mary B. Watson, the defendant Ella M
Watson, an infant of the age of sixteen years
and son, John W. Watson, who has since
died leaving the defendant Mary W. Watson
an infant of the age of four years, his only
child and heir-at-law.
That subsequent to the death of the said
Richard Randolph letters of administration
de b0hts 7lo2l cum testd8ent0 GlIneE0 upon the
estate OF the said Martha ]. K. Codwise, is
sued out of the Orphans Court of Montgom-
cry county 10 your oratrx, Jane r. Cod
wise, but no part of the estate of the said
testatrix has ever come into her hands to be-
administered.
That it is necessary that new trustee b,
appointed by this Honorable Court in tn,
place of Richard Randolph, deceased, to per-
form and carry out said trusts created by tn,
will of said Martha J. R. Codwise, deceased
That said Jennie X. Vallmer and Charles
A. Vallmer, Mary B. Watson, Ella NJ. Watson
and Mary W. Watson are nom residents
tt is thereupon, this 2sih day OF July, 1896
ordered by The Circuit Court for Montgomer,
county, as II Court of Equity, that the com
plainauts, by causing copy of this order Il
be inserted in some newspaper published il
said Montgomery county, once in each oil
four successive weeks before the 2Sth day Of
August, 1896, give notice 10 the said absen
defendants of the object and substance of thi!
BILL warning them TO appear in this Court, il
person or by solicitor, on or before the l2tl
day of September next, TO show cause, if any
they have, why decree ought not 10 b.
passed as prayed.
JAMES ANDERSON, Cl'k
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
True copy-Test
july 3l-td JAMES ANDERSON, ork.