The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-08-18

NNHE OBJECT of this bill is to have de
i clared null and void certain deed "f
conveyance made by one Hc>.rnr HcEe.n
to the defendant, Ella F. Horsemann. and
rccol ded April 2Sth, 1899, among the Land
Records Of Prince Georges county, of an
interest i'll a lot of land lying in Oxon Hill
district in Prince Georges county, Mary
land, and known as Lot three CD in plat
filed in Equity cause No. 400 of this Court;
and also to have declared null and void a
certain other dcci of conveyance made bv
said Mcneil To one Samuel d. Webb, and
crnrded May l2th. 1899, among the aforc-
,aIu and Records. of an interest in the
move uy>,. ,brd land; and also il certain
mortgage made by the defendant Webb to
the deien liant Watson and recorded in the
azores i'd Land II cords on July Bird, 1899
The bill alleges tint the mplainant is
the duly qualified trustee in bankruptcy
Of one Hector McN"ilI having been APP
pointed such in the United States District
Court for the District Of Columbia in GER
tain bankruptcy proceedings instituted by
said Mcneil, asking for his discharge as
a bankrupt; that a short time prior to said
McNcili's application he, for the purpose
of hindering. delaying and defrauding his
creditors. rNecutcd the aforesaid convey
ances to sail Horsemann aud Webb, and
that the deirn taut Webb, after the con-
vtyaGcc WAS made to him, executed the
aforesaid mort gage to the defendant Wat
son: that the Supposed Indebtedness men
toned III said mortga is fictitious, and
that it was made aud intended to encum-
hcr enlbarrasS nd clou the title of IL e
complainant. as such trustee, and that said
defendant Watson had knowledge of the
purpose of such conveyance and was a
party to the same; that all of the property
of the aforesaid Mcneil has devolved
upon the complainant as trustee as aforc-
said, bv virtue of the Act of Congress ap-
proved July list, 1898, entitled An Act to
establish uniform system Of bankruptcy
.roushout the United States,' aud tn at
the title to the property so fraudulently
conveyed by said Mcneil became vested
in the complainant by operation of the
aforesaid law, but, that by reason of said
fraudulent conveyances, he is delayed and
embarrassed in making disposition of
sa d property as lie is required to do in the
administration of the aforesaid bankrupt 5
estate: that it is his right and duty to
cause such conveyance to be declared null
and void, and possession of said property
to be delivered up to him for admiListra-
ton as assets of said estate.
The bill also alleges that the defendants
are all non residents of Prince George
county.
1t is therefron', this 18th day of August
A. d. 1899, ordered by the Circuit Coul t
of Prince Georges county, Maryland, in
Equity, that the complainant, by causing
a copy of this order to be inserted in some
newspaper published in said Prince
Georges county once in each of four con-
secutive weeks before the 10Th day of
September. \. ID. 1899, give notice to the
aforesaid absent defendants of the object
and substance of this bill, warning them
to appear in this Court in person or by
solicitor on or before the LIST dav of Octu-
Der next, to show cause, if any they have
why decree ought not to be passed as
prayed. JAMES B. BELT,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for p. G. Co.
True copy-test: JAMES b. BELT, Clerk
August 18TH 1Sy9-5w