Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-07
AUCTION SALES.
BY ). II. Lunt, Auctionecr.
SALE OF VALUABLE KING STREET
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BY ;. II. Lunt, Auctionecr.
SALE OF VALUABLE KING STREET
REAL ESTATE.
Nv virtue Of decree Of the Corporation
Court of the city Of Alexandria, rendered on
the 18th day Of June, 1902, in the chaneery
carse therein depending under the style OF
Alexander Murray against Mary i. Murray,
and others, the undersigned being thereto duly
authorized by said decree, will Oiierf0r sale at
public auction in front of the premises on
TUESDAY,
the Goth day Of July, 1902,
nj y o'clock NJ. the following described LOIS
OF GROUND with the lMPRONEMENi -
thereon situated in the city of Alexandra,
Va, to-wit:
K.oinnjng ON the north side Of King street
fmr feet 10 the eastward Of point equidis-
tant from Pitt and st. Asaph streets; thence
eastwardly on King street twenty-thrce ~
feet nine (9) inches, be the same more or less,
10 the east line of the brick tenement on SAID
LOT. thence northwardly, parallel TO Pitt ana
81 Asanb streets. one hundred and nineteen
f1l0) feet thence westwardly, parallel TO King
street. to the length of the first line; thence TO
the beginning, together with the right OF way
over a certain alley bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the northwest corner
of the said lot. at the north end OF the west
line. extending thence fifteen 10 feet in
width, northwardly, parallel to Pitt street,
through the lots formerly owned by Anthony
Charles CazenOve, fifty-six (56) feet, be the
same more or less, until it unites with an
alley fifteen (15) feet wide, extending also
norfhwardly along the west line Of lot con-
viewed to the said Cazenoye by deed from
Thomas Swami and George Dcneale, dated the
9th day of September, 1911, and leading INTO
another alley fifteen Q5) feet vide extending
eastwardly into Pitt street along the north line
Of the said lot conveyed to the SAID CazenoNe
by Swami and Deneale. ..
ALSO A LOT OF GROUND with the
buildings thereon erected, adjoining the lot
first above described, and bounded asfOlloWs
Reginning AT the intersection Of the western
line of the lot first above described, with the
east line of the said ally; thence eastwarily
with the said east line and PARALLEL to King
street, thirty 800 feet, more or less, TO the
east line of the brick stable on the SAID LOT
thence northwaTdly with the line OF the sald
stable and parallel to Pitt street, twenty l20l
feet, more or less, to the north line OF tne sli1
stable: thence westwardly with the said north
line. parallel to King street, thirty 800 feet,
more or less to the alley; thence sOuthwardly
on the satfplley TO the beginning, which said
lots of ground and the right of way over SAID
alley. were conveyed TO James Potts Smith by
John III. Ladd, Joseph b. Ladd, Harriet Laid
and Sarah Iadd, by deed dated the Ord day
of January, 1887, duly recorded amongst the
land records of Alexandria county, in Liber
w, No. 2, page 392. 80, oro,-,-r,
bounded as follows: Beginning at the south
east corner Of the eastern line OF brick stable
erected on the said lot sold and conveyed by
Anthony c. Cazenoye to Mrs. Sarah Ladd by
deed dated the 18th day November, 1929,
which lot is on the rear, joins and forms
part of the property which the said James
Potts Smith formerly owned on the north side
of King street, between Pitt and st. Asaph
streets, thence east and parallel to King street
two or feet, be the same more or less, To the
western line Of lot on the west side Of Pitt
street which was conveyed by the said A. L.
Cazenove to David G. Prettyman, by deed
of the 9th OF September, 1886; thence north
and parallel to Pitt street thirty-five (35) feet,
more Of less, 10 another line OF the said Pretty
mans lot conveyed to him by the said Gaze
move as aforesaid; thence west and parallel TO
King street thirty 500 feet, more or less, toan
alley fifteen (15) feet wide, opening ON the
western side of Pitt street and extending after
wards south TO the back line Of the said Smiths
property; thence south along the line Of the
said alley and parallel to Pitt street fifteen
(i5) feet be the same more or less, to the
north line OF TIE nl,ovo mentioned brick stable
which said last described lot OF ground was
conveyed to the said James Potts Smith by
Anthony c. Cazenoyc, by decd dated the 10th
day of december, 1899, and recorded amongst
the land records of Alexandria county, H.
l,iber Y, No. 2, folio AS.
Terms of sale-One-fourth Of the purchas,
money to be paid in cash, and the balance in
three equal installments at six, twelve and
eighteen months respectively. The deferred
payments TO bear interest from the day of sale
and to be evidenced by the negotiable notes OF
the purchaser; the title TO the property TO be
retained until the payment in full Of the
purchase money, the purchaser to pay the cost
Of conyeyancing. The property will be offer
ed first as whole, and then in two parcels
and in which ever way the greatest sum OF
money shall be offered for said real estate the
same will be reported TO the Court. diagram.
of the premises will be exhibited at the sale.
ROBERT II. COX,
Sergeant Of the City of Alexandria.