The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-01-29

Clarence NJ. Rathbun, Clarence J. Rathbun,
and Warren ], Rathbun. copartners trading
and doing business as c. NJ. Rathbun & Sons;
Philip T. Cartwright; David II. Wagner; A.
J. Liller; AlonZo ID. Naylor and Samuel Law
ton trading and doing business as A. D. Nay
lor & Company; J. William Wharton; Richard
s. JamiSon; ZaccheuS G. Gibson; Henry Z.
May; John N. Michaels; James Anderson;
Ulysses G. Ford and Benjamin F. Friend,
Plaintiffs, VS.. Florence Rhoages, Annie L..
Felty and Henry E. Felty, her husband, and
William H. Rhoages, Defendants.
No. ll87 Equity: In the Circuit Court for
Garrett County, Maryland.
The object of this suit is to procure decree
for the sale of certain property at Mountain
Lake Park, Garrett County, claimed by the
defendants and for the enforcement of GER
tain mechanics liens which the plaintiffs have
filed against said property for labor and ma
terials furnished on said property.
l.. The bill states that the plaintiffs have
filed their several lien claims for labor and
material furnished defendants against all
that house and premises situated at Noun
tam Lake PARK, known as Highland Han,
ting forth in detail the amount of work done
and materials furnished.
2. That plaintiffs gave notice to owners
and reputed owners of said property as re
quired by the Statute applicable to mechanic
liens of this State.
8. That after the most of said materials
were furnished and labor done the said Flor
ence Rhoages and William II. Rhoages her
father requestd Robert r. Henderson and
Andrew j. Wilson, of Allegany County, to
convey the property to one Annie E. Felty,
wife of Henry E. Felty, and that this convey
ance was concocted scheme between the
said Annie f. Felty and the Rhoages to cheat
and defraud the plaintiffs and deprive them
of the right to collect their said claims If pos
Sible.
4. That prior to the making of said alleged
deed the said Annie +. Felty and her hus-
band executed certain lease to william II
Rhoages, by which he was to obtain control
of said property and that this was also a
part of the scheme entered into to cheat and
defraud the plaintiffs of their rights
g. That by leave of the Court an amended
bill was afterwards filed against all of said
defendants including the said William II.
RhoageS alleging that said lease was fraud
upon the rights of these plaintiffs, that a
writ OF subpoena was issued against all of
said defendants including the said William
H. Rhoages, that al of said defendants were
summoned, except the said Rhoages and filed
their several answers both to said original
and amended bills, that writ OF subpoena
was issued for the said William H. Rhoages,
and then the plaintiffs ascertained that it
| could not be served, that he had gone to
some other State, that they had good reason
to believe that he was doing this to evade
the process of said Court and thereupon an
! order was obtained permitting them to issue
an order of publication against the said Will
liam ii. Rhoages, treating him as non resi-
| dent.
9. The bill then prays that the aforesaid
fraudulent lease be annulled, that said real
| estate be subjected to the payment Of the
plaintiffs claims and for all such other and
| general relief as THAR case might require.
1t is thereupon this 26th day of January,
| 1903, ordered by the Circuit Court for Garrett
County in equity, that the plaintiffs by caus-
ing copy of this order to be inserted in
some newspaper published in Garrett County
once in each of four successive weeks before
| the 27th day of February, 1903, give notice to
the said absent defendant william H. Rhoa-
ges, of the object and substance of this bill
and amended bill and warning him to APP
| pear In this Court in person or by solicitor
on or before the 18th day of March next, to
| show cause, If any he has why decree ought
not to be passed as prayed.
f. z. TOWER,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett county.
| True copy-test:
B.. z. TOWER, Clerk.