The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-15

| The object of this suit is to procure a decree
| for the surrender to the pialntlil Elliily -.
! Rowersox a certain certificate OF uePos,I, ot
the sum OF Sl9Sl72, issued on the lotn Jay ",
! IuIv a d. lSlS by the Fredericktown savings
| Institution of Frederick, Maryland, 10 Jacoo
| BowersoX or Emily J. BowersoX, III DgLilS atom
in the possession of n. h. Brewer OF the 9ta ,,
! of Ohio administrator c. [. a., OF jacob DIV
] ersox. deceased. The bill states tnaI IN, tnS
/ nlaintifTs husband, Jacob BoWersoX, 1ieu
/ during the month of January, a. D. 1913, ~
Frederick City, Maryland et i,a az his ,h death
| was i'm the custody of certain law Iiii III
| the State of Ohio composed OF n: u. blewet t
| and E. A. Brewer, which VIII ana lestaEie 81 7
! was admitted to probate in the office OF tne
/ Recorder of Wills, by the Judge OF sald court,
/ ut Tiflin. Ohio and that the complainant IN
! this cause was named in said VIII as sole eA-
ecutrx, a certified copy OF sald VIII Is lieu as
] Exhibit No. l. in this cause. ,ooo -, :
! THAT on the 10th day of July, A. ID 1875, the
/ plaintiff deposited in the Fredericktown saw
] ings Institution of Frederick, the sum OF
! nineteen hundred and eighty-one dollars ana
/ seyentv-two cents Isl ,9Sl ~, in the names OF
/ Jacob BowersoX or Emily j BowersoX, TAX
/ ing from the said institution certlncate OF
! deposit for the said amount of 81 ,9ol7Z, winch
! certificate OF deposit remained In the posses
sion of the plaintiff and under her control I'M
til after the death of said husband, JACOB
BowersoX, in January, A. ID. 1899. That the
plaintiff being old and in high state of ncr-
vous excitement after the death of her said
husband, and being advised by the said n. IL.
Brewer. the custodian OF said will, that the
court of the State of Ohio, had sole lurlsdlc-
ton to administer said estate, and that the
plaintiff being q nonresident was disqualified
under the laws of Ohio to administer the
same, resigned her right TO so administer, and
without knowing ana without having been
advised of her rights in the premises, del1v-
cred said certificate of deposit Endorsed by
her to the said n. l.. Brewer, administrator
c. t. q of Jacob BowersoX. deceased, and that
the said n l., Brewer, aforesaid, now retains
nd HOG in
that payment of the same has been refused by
the said Fredericktown Savings Institution
upon presentation by the said N. l..
Brewer and that said institution continues to
hold the amount of said certificate. That
plaintiff is so advised and alleges that said
certificate of deposit belongs to her, and the
delivery of the same to the said N. L.. Brewer,
having been made inadvertently ana through
Misrepresentation said assignment should be
cancelled and set aside and said certificate
surrendered TO her. and that the said Fred
ericktown savings Institution be required to
pay the amount OF said deposit to her under
q decree.
The bill prays: That the assignment of said
certificate of deposit may be cancelled, an
nulled and set aside and that the said n. l..
Brewer may be decreed to deliver said certi1i-
cate of deposit to the complainant.
Ind. That the Fredericktown Savings Insti-
tuition may be required under decree of the
court to pay said sum so represented by said
certificate of deposit to the complainant.
1t is thereupon, this Bird day of August, A.
ID 1899, ordered by the Circuit Court for Fred
erick County, Maryland, sitting as Court of
Equity and by the authority thereof, that the
plaintiff, by causing copy of this order to be
inserted in some newspaper, published in
Frederick County, once in each of four sue.
cessive weeks before the 23rd day of Septem-
Der, 1899, give notice to the said absent defen-
dant of the object and substance of this bill
warning him to appear in this court in person
or by solicitor, on or before the 10th day OF
October next to show cause, if any they have
why decree ought not to be passed as prayed
Filed August Bird, 1899.
DOUGLASS H. HARGETT
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Frederick County
| True copy-Test:
DOUGLASS H. HARGETT,
Frank L. Stoner, Atty. Clerk.
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