Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-11-18

Ohver ID. Collins, Executor OF the Last
Will and Testament of Rosanna +.
ID. Williams, deceased,
The Vestry of All Hallows Parish of the
Protestant Episcopal Church i'll Wor-
cester County. Snow Hill, Maryland,
et al
Number 1906 Chancery, in the Cir
cult Court for Worcester County.
The object Of this suit is to procure Il
decree of the Circuit Court for Wor-
cester County, Maryland. for the pur-
pose of constituting the will and adj
his duties as executor of the last will
and testament of ROsana +. ID. wilkins.
The bill states that the said Rosanna
L. ID. Williams departed this life on or
about the first day of June, 1898, leav-
ing her last will and testament dated
the 18th. day of September, 1884, TO
which there is codicil annexed. dated
the End day or May. 1887, which has
been filed for probate in the Office of the
Register of Wills for Worcester County.
that the said Oliver d. Collins is execu-
tor of the said last will and testament.
that since the said will was originally
written and executed. it appears that
sundry alterations or DELIBERATIONS and
interlinertions have been made therein
by pen and ink, that sundry of the
items therein have been entirely Obliter-
ated by pen and ink alterations and
others have been obliterated i'll part and
interlinetions made therein. which will
more fully appear by referene To the
bill of complaint and the will itself
filed in the above cause: that il Is con-
tended by divers of the lcgatccs named
in the said will that the gifts To them
are not cancelled or revoked by reason
of the aforesaid erasures or deliberations.
while il is contendcd by others and the
next of kin of the said testatrix that the
same are cancellations of 80 much of
the said will as is obliterated aud that
as to the said requests 80 erased the
said testatrix died intestate; that the
said executor is uncertain as to his du-
ties in the premises and is embarrassed
in the administration of the said trust
and prays for advice of the Court in the
discharge of the same; that certain of
the parties named in the said will are
dead leaving surviving them certain
children and heirs at law. named in the
said bill of complaint; that Thomas ii.
Hord. Clara Hord Pierce, Thomas n.
Williams, Cyrus w. Williams, Mary I.
Truitt, Elizabeth X. Truitt, Catharine
o. Bennett. Ella T. Smith, Charles b.
Truitt, Anna Truitt, Robert Truitt,
Ambrose J. Truitt. Charles p. Truitt,
Saunders Truitt, G. Louisa Vail, Marian
Eltonhead. Laura +. Mowbray, Adah
Mowbray. Mary Anne Davis. are all
adults and non-residents of Maryland;
and prays for an order of publication
against the said parties and against all
the said Rosanna +. ID. Williams.
II is thereupon this 18th day of Nov.
in the year eighteen hundred and nine
ty-nine, ordered by the Circuit Court
for Worcester County. i'll Equity. that
the plaintiff, by causing copy of this
order to be- inserted i'll some newspaper,
published in said Worcester County.
once in each of four successive weeks
before the 18th day of December, 1899.
give notice to the said absent defenants
and unknown heirs and next of kin of
the said Rosana +. ID. Williams of the
object and substance of this bill, warn
ing them to appear in this Court in per
son or by solicitor on or before the 9th
day of December. 1899. to show cause,
if any they have, why n decree ought
not TO be passed rs prayed.
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL,
Clerk.