The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-05-27

THE OBJECT of this bill is to procure
i Il decree to sell the real estate whereof
Catherine p Adams. Il widow. died seized
and for the division of the proceeds of said
sale among those entitled; and for the APP
polntment of il receiver or receivers ptH-
Il Hfe lie
The original and amended bill in this
case SHOWS, that Catherine u. Adams died
on the 23rd day of January, 1897, 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 +. Bowling. wife Of Benjamin F
Bowling Susan r. Lawrence, wife of
Mortimer s. Lawrence, ST., and the fol
lowing nephews and niece, children of
Ann NJ. Estep, a deceased sister, viz:
Thomas B. Estep, unmarried, George Nor
ton E>tep, whose wife is Estep,
Richard c. Estep. widower, John F. Estep,
whose wife is Mollie Estep, Joseph Shaw
Estep, Charles H. Estep, whose wife is
Katie Estep, Margaret Fernette or Ere
nette and Dr. Fernettc or Ere
nette, her husband, and William Walter
Estep; that the said Margaret Fernette or
Frenctte and DR.. Fernette or
Frenctte, her husband, and Richard c.
Estep are non residents of the State of
Marvland 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, grant, d
letters of administration upon the personal
estate of said decedent to Mary E. 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. Estcp, George Morton
Estep, Richard c. Estep, John Edgar
Estep, Joseph Shaw Estep, Charles H.
Estep and the said Margaret Fernette or
Frenette (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. Mary county, Md, about one
thousand acres of land near the villages
of Woodvile Crossing and Benedict and
three small houses in Benedict, Charles
county, MARYLAND, and about one hundred
acres of land near Aquasco, Prince
Georges county, Maryland which said
real estate cannot be divided without loss
or injury to the parties interested, where
fore they are entitled to have sale thereof
and a division of the proceeds of said sale
among Them and that thtrs is now no one
legally authorized to collect the rents of
SAID real estate and pay the taxes and ex-
pcnses thereon.
The prayers are for a sale of said real
estate and the appointment of a receiver
or receivers pendente lite
1t is thereupon ordered this 9th day of
Nav, 1898, by the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges county, in Equity, that the plain
tiifs, by causing copy of this order to be
published in some weekly newspaper in
Prince Georges county, once a week for
each of four successive weeks before the
18th day of June, 1898, give notice to the
said non residents, Richard c. Estep, Mar
garet Fernette or Frenette and Dr.
Fernette or Frenette, her husband, and
the unknown heirs of the said Margaret
Fernettc 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
IA decree as prayed should not lie passed
against them.
JAMES 3. BELT
Clerk Of the Circuit Court for p. G. Co.
True copy-test: JAMES i. BELT, Clerk.
May 18th. lS9S-5t.