The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-02-13
rue Copy-Tcst:
WM. 5. FORWoOD, IT,, Clerk.
w. BEATTY HARLAN, Solicitor.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Ava b. Maxwell. ct al. In the Circuit Count
VS.. for Hartford County.
Richard ID. Rush, ct al. III Equity.

Ava B. MAXWELL ct al. In the 1er GjrGuit Con,t
Richard u. Rush, ct al. III Equity.
The object of this suit is to procure decree
for the sale OF the real estate of the late james
Jeffrey for the purposes OF partition. and an
order Of publication having been passed and
published and testimony having been taken II
appeared from said testimony that John I.
Jcitcry, son of the said James Jetfery, had long
prior to the year 1860 left the United States and
that he was last heard of i'll Hong Kong, China. at
which time he stated his intention of returning
home to his fathers house but he never did
and that he was believed to be long since dead
unmarried, intestate and without ISSUE, and il
further appeared from said testimony that
Fanny NJ. Jcifery. the widow of J. Winfield
Jeffrey was still living and was a nonresident
OF the state of Maryland, residing in the
tlty OF Chicago, i'll the State of Illinois,
and thercupon the Court upon the petition
of the plaintiffs on the nth day of Feb
making the said John 7. 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 order of publication issue against them.
in pursuance of which order of the said Court
this order of publication is passed and publish
ed.
The bill and petition state that the late James
Jeffrey, who died i'll October, 1856, was seized
and possessed of a certain tract of land, CON
tanning forty acres. more or less, situated i'll
Hartford county.
> That by his Last Will and Testament the
said James Jeffrey devised and bequeathed all
of his property, real. personal and mixed to his
wife. Jane A. Jeffrey.
;. That said Will of James Jeffrey, dated on
the Srd day of January. 1874, effectively
executed to pass real estate.
1. That the said lands and premises therefore
descended to the heirs at law of the said James
Jeffrey:
;. That the heirs at law of the said James
Jeffrey are:
"a, First Ava Benton Jeffrey, the only living
child of said James Jeffrey, who has intermar-
ried the Samnel NJ. Maxwell. The said Ava
Il. Maxwell is entitled to one third OF said real
estate.
Winfield Jeffrey, a deceased son Of the said
James Jeffrey, who is entitled to onc-third of
said real estate subject to the dover right
therein, if any, OF her mother, Fanny NJ. Jeffrey.
,c) Third, the descendants OF Eliza Jane
Jeffrey familiarly called Lyle a deceased
daughter of the said James Jeffrey are Jointly
entitled to onc-thrd of said property as follows
viz: The SAID Eliza Jane married, first time,
! John T. Davis and had issue, Laura J. Davis
May Davis, Virginia II. Davis and John NJ.
Davis. After the death of her first husband the
! said Eliza Jane Jeffrey Davis married DIR.
David &. Rush. The only issue of which second
marriage was Richard ID. Rush, who is entitled
| to onc-ninth ofSaid property.
The said Eliza Jane Rush Jeffrey died about
| $50 Laura J. Davis married Francis Gridley
and died about 49, leaving no issue. May
! Davis married Francis Squair and died about
| 1905 leaving issue Virginia and Francis who
are each entitled to one-eighteenth of said prop.
| erty. Virginia b. Davis married Francis Grid
! lev and died about 1851, leaving 10 isSrc. John
| VI. Davis married -- and died about
! ISgr, leaving three children. viz: John J. Davis
and Frank r. Davis, both now of legal age, and
| Edward ]. Davis, now about twenty years of
| age, who areeach entitled to one acknowledgements
| oi said property.
| ,d) Fourth, that John 7. Jeffrey, a son. who
| about the year ISot disappeared and has never
since been heard Of would, II living, be entitled
| to d fourth interest i'll said lands, or if dead
| leaving descendants said descendants in his
| stead would be entitled to one-iourth interest
i'll said lands, but said John L. Jeffrey is believed
| by his friends and relatives TO be long since
dead unmarried, interstate and without issue
| but if living or if dead leaving descendants
| who would he entitled to claim i'll his stead
| then the shares of the parties as set out i'll the
| Bill would be proportionally reduced.
o. That the said real estate is not susceptible
| of partition without material loss and injury
to the said parties entitled to interests therein.
interests it will be necessary that said real es.
! tate be sold and the proceeds thereof divided
amongst the parties according to their several
| interests.
: That the said Richard D. Rush is a non
resident of the State of Maryland, being resi-
| dent of the City of Washington i'll the District
| Francis Squair and Francis Squair. Senior, are
non-rcsidents of the State of Maryland, heing
residents of the City ofChicago in the State of
Illinois. That the said John J: Davis, Frank
X. Davis. Edward J. Davis and the unknown
wife of John NJ. Davis. ifliving non residents
| of the State of Maryland being residents of the
| City of Chicago i'll the State of Illinois. That
| the said Fanny NJ Jeffrey is a nonresident OF
the State of Maryland, being resident of the
/ City OF Chicago i'll the State of Illinois. That
the said John I. Jeffrey, if living, and il dead,
his descendants, if any are believed to he non
residents of the State of Maryland and cannot
be found
). That the said Virginia Squair Frank
Squair and Edward ]. Davis are iniauts, not OF
legal age.
The Bill then prays for decree for the sale OF
said property and the distribution of the pro
Cecds among the parties entitled thereto and
for further relief.
Ii is thereupon this nth day of February,
hat bnc nv
| a copy of this order to be inserted i'll some
newspaper publisC cd i'll Hartford county once
! i'll each of four successive weeks, fifteen days
| before the goth day of March, 1908, give notice
to the said absent defendants, John 7. Jeffrey, II
living. and if dead, then his heirs, if any, and
the said Fanny NJ. Jeffrey, widow of ]. Wi nheld
Jeffrey, of the object and substance of this Bill
and warning them to appear i'll this Court i'll
person or hv solicitor on or before the Soth day
of March, 1905, TO answer the premises and
show cause, if any they have, why a decree
ou%"t not to be passed as prayed.
WM. =. FORWOOD, JR., Clerk.
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WM. :. FORWOOD, JR., Clerk.