Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-07-23
AUCTION SALES.
By S. II. Lunt, Auctioneer.
SALE OF VALUABLE KING STREET
REAL ESTATE

SALE OF VALUABLE KING STREET
REAL ESTATE.
By virtue Of decree of the Corporation
Court of the city Of Alexandria, rendered on
cause therein depending under the style of
Alexander Murray against Mary Z. Murray
and Others the undersigned being thereto duly
authorized by said decree, will oferfor sale at
public auction in front Of the premises on
TUESDAY,
the 10th day of July, 1902,
at ~ o'clock NJ. the following described LOTS
OF GROUND with the IMPROVEMENTS
thereon situated in the city Of Alexandria,
Va, to-wit:
Beginning on the north side Of King street
four feet to the eastward of point equidis-
tant from Pitt and st. Asaph streets; thence
eastwardly on King street twenty-three l2S)
feet. nine (9) inches, be the same more or less
to the east line of the brick tenement on said
lot; thence northwardly, parallel TO Pitt and
st. Asaph streets, one hundred and nineteen
(119) 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 northwesL corner
of the said lot, at the north end of the west
| line, extending thence fifteen % 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
northwardly along the west line of a lote CON
veyed to the said Cazenoye by deed from
! Thomas Swami and George Deneale dated the
24th day of September, 1911, and leading into
another alley fifteen (15) feet wide extending
eastwardly into Pitt street along the north line
| of the said lot conveyed TO the said Cazenoye
l by Swami and Deneale.
ALSO A LOT OF GROUND with the
buildings thereon erected, adjoining the lot
| first above described, and bounded asfollows:
| Beginning at the intersection OF the western
| line of the lot first above described, with the
| east line of the said ally; thence eastwardly
with the said east line and PARALLEL to King
street, thirty (30) feet more or less, TO the
east line of the brick stable on the said lot;
thence northwardly with the line of the said
stable and parallel to Pitt street, twenty (20l
feet more or less, TO the north line OF the said
stable; thence westwardly with the said north
line. parallel TO King street, thirty 500 feet,
! more or less 10 the alley; thence southwardly
OH the said alley 20 the beginning, which SAID
lots of ground and the right of way over SAID
alley, were conveyed to James Potts Smith by
John II. Laid, Joseph B. Ladd, Harriet Laid
and Sarah Ladd, by deed dated the 23rd day
of January, 1887, duly recorded amongst the
land records of Alexandria county, in Liber
w, No. 2, page 392,
ALSO a STRIP OR LOT OF GROUND
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 G. Cazenove TO Mrs. Sarah Laid by
deed dated the 14th 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 (2) feet, be the same more or less, 10 the
western line of lot on the west side of Pitt
street which was conveyed by the said a. I:
Cazenove to David G.. Prettyman, by deed
of the 9th of September, 1886; thence north
and paraIlel 10 Pitt street thirty-fve 1851 feet,
more of less, to 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 TO an
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 Smith S
property; thence south along the line of the
said alley and parallel to Pitt street fifteen
| (15) feet, be the same more or less, to the
north line of the above mentioned brick stable,
which said last described lot of ground was
conveyed to the said James Potts Smith by
! Anthony c. Cazenove, by deed dated the 10th
day of December, 1899, and recorded amongst
the land records of Alexandria county, in
Liber Y No. 2, folio 445.
Terms of sale-One-fourt of the purchase
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 10 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 conveyancing. 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. A diagram
Of the premises will be exhibited at the sale.
ROBERT III. cox,
Sergeant of the City of Alexandria.
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