The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-06-10

TTHE OBJECT of this bill is to procure
l. a decree to sell the real estate whereof
Catherine p. Adams. Il widow, died seized,
and for the division of the proceeds of said
>ti, among those cnlitled and for the APP
pointmcn1 of receiver or receivers r.n-
IL lie lite.
The original and amended bill in this
case shows, that Catherine p. Adams died
on the 2:5rd day of January, 1897, a widow,
interstate and without issue, seized of real
estate situate in Prince Georges. Charles
and st. Mary's counties. Maryland, leav-
ing as her sole heirs at law, two sisters,
Mary f. Bowling wife Of Benjamin F.
Bowling. Susan r. Lawrence, wife of
Mortimer S. Lawrence, ST., and the fol
lowing ncphews and niece, children of
Ann VI. EStep, 4 deceased sister. viz:
Thomas B. Estep, unmarried, George Nor
ton Estep, whose wife is Estep,
Richard c. Estep, widower, John f. Estep,
whose wife is Mollie EStep, Joseph Shaw
EStep, Charles II. EStep, whose wife is
Katie Estep, Margaret Fcrnctte or FIRE.
nettc and DR.. Fernette or Ere
nctte, her husband. and William Walter
Estcp: that the said Margaret Fernette or
Frcncttc and DR.. Fcrnette or
Frcncttc, her husband, and Richard G..
Estep are non residents of the State of
Maryland, that it is unknown whether the
said Margaret is living or dead, and if she
be dead, then, it is unknown who are her
heirs at law; that the Orphans Court for
Prince Georges county, Maryland granted
letters of administration upon the personal
estate of said decedent to Mary f. Bowl
ing, who has passed her first account as
such, which shows payment of the costs
of the administration, and payment of the
funeral expenses and all debts of her de-
cedent save certain mort gage debts charged
upon said real estate, that the said William
Walter Estep conveyed his interest in
said real estate to Lee S. Meyer, who with
the said Mary f. Bowling Susan r. Law
renee, Thomas B. Estep, George Morton
Estep, Richard c. Estep, John Edgar
Estep, Joseph Shaw Estep. Charles II.
Estcp and the said Margaret Fernette or
Frenettc IF she be living or if she be dead)
then the unknown heirs of the said Mar
garet are seized as tenents in common of
said real estate, which consists of: about
five hundred acres of land near Mechan-
iCsville, St. Marys county, Md, about one
thousand acres of land near the villages
of W0Odyiile Crossing and Benedict, and
three small houses in Benedict, Charles
county, Maryland. and about one hundred
acres of land near AquaSco, Prince
Georges county. Maryand which said
real estate cannot be divided without loss
or injury to the parties interested, where
fore they are entitled to have ii sale thereof
and division of the proceeds of said sale
among them; and that there is now no one
legally authorized to collect the rents of
SAID real estate and pay the taxes and eX-
penses thereon.
The prayers are for a sale of said real
estate and the appointment of receiver
| or receivers pendente lite.
1t is thereupon ordered this 9th day of
May, 1898, by the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges county, in Equity, that the plain
| tiifs by causing IA copy of this order to be
| published in some weekly newspaper in
| Prince Georges county, once week for
| each of four successive weeks before the
| 18th day of June. 1898, give notice to the
said non residents. Richard G. EStep, Mar
garet Fernette or Frenette and Dr..
| Ferncttc or Frcnette, her husband, and
| the unknown heirs of the said Margaret
Fernette or Frenette, of the object and
substance of this bill, warning them to be
and appear in this Court in person or by
solicitor on or before the 2Sth day of June
| next, to show cause, if any they have, why
| decree as prayed should not be passed
| againsi thea.
JAMES b. BELT.
Clerk of the Circuit Court for p. G. Co.
True copy-tcst: JAMES b. BELT, Clerk
May 18th, 1S9S--5t.