The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-03-13
W. BEATTY HARLAN, Solicitor
ORDER OF PUBLICATION,


Ava r. Maxwell et al. In the Circuit Court
rs. for Hartford County.
Richard y. Rush, CT al. III Equity.
The Object Of this suit IS 10 procure a decree
Tor the sale OF the real estate of the late James
jeffrey !or Tine purposes. OF partition. and
published and testimony having been taken Il
appeared from said testimony that John T.
Ieiiery, sou OF the said James Jeflery, had long
PRIOR to the year 1900 lett the United States and
that he WAS last heard OF i'll Hong Kong, China at
which time nc stated his intention OF returning
home to his fathers house but he never did so
and that he WAS believed to he long since dead
lIIl-,.urred irt"statc and without issue and it
further appearc! from said testimony that
Fanny VI. JcGery, the widow Of J. Winfield
Jeffrey was still living and was a nonresident
OF the State OF Maryland, residing in the
ity of Chicago. i'll the State of Illinois.
and thcrcup@n the Court upon the petition
OF the plaintiffs on the nth day of Feb
masking the said John T. Jeffrey if living
and if dead then his heirs, if any. and the said
Fanny Nj. jeffrey, widow of J. Winfield Jeffrey
parties defendant i'll said suit and directing
that an order of publication issue against them
III pursuance OF which order of the said Court
this order OF publication is passed and publish
The bill and petition state that the late James
jeffrey, who died i'll October, 1886, was seized
and possessed of a certain tract of land, con-
tanning ioTty acres, more or less, situated III
Hartford County.
> That by his Last Will and Testament the
JstlNCS JCIlGSN tlSNISCu ana OS(luGatncu all
OF his property, real. personal and mixed to his
wife, lane \. Jeffrey.
). That said Will of James Jeffrey, dated on
the irIi day of January. 1874, was Gfefectivcly
executed to pass real estate.
: That the said lands aid premises therefore
descended to the heirs at law of the said James
Jeffrey.
). That the heirs at law Of the said James
Jeffrey are:
Ia First, Ava Benton Jeffrey, the only living
child of said James Jeffrey, who has intermar,
T. .trll S1iA A,..t
b. Maxwell is cntitled to one-thiId of said real
estate.
tbl second. Ava NJ Jeffrey. the only child of l.
Winfield Jeffrey. a deceased son of the said
James jeffrey, who is entitled to one third of
said real estate subject to the dover right
therein, if any, Of her mother, Fanny NJ. Jeffrey.
tcl Third, the descendants of Eliza Jane
Jeffrey uaIniliarly called Lylel deceased
daughter OF the said James Jeffrey are Jointly
entitled TO onethird OF said property as follows,
VIZ: The said Eliza Jane married, first time,
John T.. Davis and had issue, Laura J. Davis,
way Davis, Virginia u. Davis and John NJ
Davis Attcr the CNath Of her first husband the
David G. Rush. The only issue OF which second
marriage MAS Richard d. Rush, who is entitled
to one ninth ufsaid property.
Tnc said Eliza lane Kusll CJcfirey) died about
1870. Laura ]. Davis married Francis Gridley
and died about l'77 leaving issic. May
Davis married Francis Squar and died about
Is1> leaving Issue, Virginia and Francis who
are each entitled to uue-eighteentE of said prop
crty. Virginia i. Davis married Francis Grid
lev and died about 1881, leaving no Issue. IOhn
NJ. Davis married - - and died about
:~oT, leaving three children, viz: John /. Davis
and Frank f. Davis both now of legal age. and
Edward ]. Davis, now about twenty years of
age, who arCcaCh entitled to Ong-twen tv-Seventh
OF said property.
ID, Fourth, that John I. Jeffrey. a son. who
about the year ihOi disappeared and has never
since becu heard Of. would, If living, be entitled
To a ouc.!ourth interest III said lands or if dead
leaving descendants said descendants i'll his
stead would lie entitled 10 a one-tourth interest
L.. i III, II
by his friends and relatives to be long since
dead, unmarried. interstate and without issue,
but if living or ii dead leaving descendants
Who would he entitled 10 claim i'll his stead,
then the shares of the parties as set out in the
Bill would be proportiUnally reduced.
o. THAT the sHid real estate is not susceptible
OF partition without material loss and injury
- The said parties entitled to interests therein,
and that i'll order to make the division of said
interests ii Will lie necessary that said real ca
t:!:G be sold and the proceeds thereof divided
amongst the parties according to their several
interests.
: That the said Richard d. Rusl; in a non
resident of the State Of Marvland, being resi-
dyr.t of the City Of Washington in the District
of oluInbil THAT the said Virginia and
iraneis Squ..ir .snd Francis Squair. Senior, are
n0n-re,ide,tta of the State of MARYLAND. being
residents Of the City ofChicago i'll the State Of
Illinois. That the said John ]. Davis, Frank
\. Davis, Edward !. Davis and the unknown
wife flofn NJ Davis ifi living are non residents
of the state y! Maryland, being residents OF the
City Of Chicago i'll the state OF Illinois. That
the said Fa;iIiy NJ. Jeffrey is nonresident of
the state of Maryland, being a resident of the
tity OF Chicago i'll the state OF Illinois. That
tho said John T. Jeffrey, if living, and if dead,
his descendants il any. are believed TO he non
residents Of the State of Maryland and cannot
be found.
s. That the said Virginia Squair. Frank
$quair and Edward J. Davis are infants, not OF
legal age.
The Bill then prays for decree for the sale OF
said property aud the distribution of the pro,
CccdS among the parties entitled thereto and
for further relief.
II is thcreupou this nth day of February,
1906 ordered that the complainants by causing
a copy of this order - be inserted i'll some
newspaper published i'll Hartford county, once
i'll each of four successive weeks, fifteen days
before the S9th day ofMarch, 1908. give notice
To the said absent defendants John I. Jeffrey, II
living. and if dead, then his heirs, if any. and
the SAID Fanny II. Jeffrey, widow of !. Winfield
Jeffrey of the object and substance Of this Bili
and warning them to appear i'll this Court i'll
person or by solicitor or or before the ioth day
Of March, 1905, to answer the premises and
show cause. il any they have. why a decree
ousSat not to he passed Is prayed.
NM. 5. FOHWOOD, IR., Clerk.
True Copy-rcst:
WN = EORWOOD IR Clerk