The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-04-15
No. 24GS Equity.

'!'HE OBJECT of this suit is to procure
1 Il Decree for the sale of about LAG
acres of land in Prince Georges county,
state of Maryland, of which the late
Susanna M..ud died, seized and possessed
Ill fee, tor the purpose of satisfying Il debt
due from the said susanna MudI, deceased,
to Priscilla W. Turton, deceased; all of
said Indebtedness is particularly set forth
and explained in the Bill of Complaint
filed in this proceeding, ana further shown
by single bill filed in this cause, marked
Exhibit a..
. That the said Susanna Mudd being so
indebted, departed this life in the year
1870, leaving Il last will and testament
which was duly probated and recorded in
the Orphans G, urt of said county, and a
certified copy of said will has been filed
in this proceeding, marked Exhibit 81,
and there is also Il statement filed here
with showing the Indebtedness of the said
Susanna Mud,l. marked Exhibit &C"
3. That Priscilla w. Turton departed
this life as aforesaid, leaving last will
and testament, which was duly probated
in the Orphans Court of said county, and
| a certified copy of said will has been filed
in this case marked Exhibit ID" and in and
by said last will and testament she devised
| said single bill and the debt theIcuy evil
denced to Edward B. Turton, Plaintiff in
this case, and his two sisters, A Fannie
Turton and Frances Turton
4. That administration was granted on
the Estate of Priscilla W. Turton to one
b. r. Turton, who qualified and passed
his final account in said estate, on the 18th
day of July, 1884 and the two other de-
visecs, viz: A. Fannie Turton and Frances
Turtnn, under said will, receipted to the
4 Inn, Sfr,f far I,f Il
| note, ami the unpaid portion of the said
single bill which was due tn your orator,
| was passed and transferred over to your
| orator by the said administrators; that since
| the transfer of said single bill only small
portions of your orators proportionate
part have been paid upon the Indebtedness
of said single bill to your orator, as viii!
| fully appear by statement flied in this
case, marked Exhibit e. and there is
| now due and payable to this plaintiff as
the unsettled balance of said single bill
and interest thereon, the sum of $63S. 43,
| no part of which has ever been paid or
satisfied unto your orator.
). That by the last will and testament
| of said Susanna Mudd, deceased, she de-
vised to her son, Thomas N. Mudd, one of
| the defendants, Il portion of her real es-
| tate containing about (10l seve:ty acres of
| Thomas n. Mudd rav to the testatrix's
| three sons, Francis f.. John Francis and
| Edward McColgan Madd. them jointly,
| $1,000 per acre for c.'cii aud every acre SO
| devised to the said Thomas n Mudd, and
| the said Susanna Mudd further devised in
| sal will, the residue of her real property
| to her three single daughters, Priscilla s..
Susanna =. and Mary V. Mudd, during
their single lives, to use and enjoy the
same. subject to the payment of her debts,
and ut the death or marriage of last sur
vivor of her three daughters, which should
| first occur. then said real property to be
| sold and divided equally among her child
| ren viz: to Georgeanna W., Priscilla s..
| Francis E., John Francis, Edward McCol-
gan, Thomas N, Hester V, Susanna S.
| and Mary V. Mudd
! 6. That Francis +. Mudd qualified as
took charge of her personal estate, and on
the 2lst day of August, 1877, passed first
Account as executor in the Orphans Court
of Prince Georges county, aforesaid, and
| on the 18th day of March, 1885, he passed
his first Additional Account in said Or
phanS' Court, as shown by certified copies
of said accounts filed in this case, marked
Exhibits "F'' & &C"
I. That no finalNdminiStration has ever
| been had in said Orphans Court the es-
| tate of Susanna Mudd is still open and I'M
settled, the personal estate of the said
Susanna Mudd, deceased, has been totally
| exhausted paying portions Of her debts.
=. That deficiency in the personal es-
| tate be supplied by sale of the real es-
tate of Susanna MudI in order to pay her
debts, and especially the claim of your
orator.
8. That Susanna 5. Priscilla s. and
Mary V. Mudd, three single daughters
| above referred to, ARE living and unmarried
10. That Priscilla S. Mudd, Mary "
| and Sarah Mudd, his wife and Elizabeth
A. Mudd. widow of Edward McColgan
Mudd, who died in Nil sour. in the year
| 1899, and Eugene Mudd, their only child
who is an infant under the age of twenty
| one years, are all nOn-reSidentS of the
| State of Maryland.
1t is thereupon this 22nd day If March,
| 1898, ordered, bv the Circuit Court for
| Prince Georges county, MARYLAND, in
| Equity. that the rl ,intiif by causing Il copy
| of this order to be- inserted in some news
paper published in said Prince Georges
| county. once in caci. Of four successive
| weeks before the Goth day of April, 1898,
| nivin" notice to the said absent or non
resident defendants Of the object and sub
stance OF this bill. warning them to appear
| in his Court in person or by solicitor on
| or before til" l2th LAY of May. 1893, to
show cause, # any they have, why decree
ought rot to be passed as prayed.
JAMES b. BELT.
Clerk of the Circuit Court for p. c. Co.
| True copv--tcst: JAMES Il. BELT, Clerk.
March e5th, lS9S--5t.