The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-03-26
W. T. Warburton, Plaintiffs Solicitor.
Order of Publication.
The James +. Snediker Company
VS..
Griffith Morgan Eldridge Executor, and
others.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County, in
Equity. No. 2506

The object of this suit is to compel Griffith
Morgan Eldridge, Executor, under the will
of f. Howard Eldridge, deceased, to apply
the proceeds of the sale of the personal estate
of the testator to the payment of the debts
due and owing by said testator at the time
of his death, so far as the same will extend,
and to procure decree for the sale of the
real estate to supply any deficiency left by
the application of the proceeds of the sale of
the personal estate to the payment of the
claim of the plaintiff in this suit, and of the
claims OF all other creditors of the said +.
Howard Eldridgc, deceased.
The bill states that the said f. Howard
Eldridge was in his lifetime indebted to the
complainant i'll the sum of $3.50 rs current
money upon an open account for sundry
matters and things properly chargeable on
account, and being so indebted departed this
life In the year 1903 leaving last will and
testament in which he devised and bcqueath-
ed his real estate, lying and being in Cecil
county known as the "Eldridge Home Farm"
to his nephew Griffith Morgan Eldridge, for
and during his natural life, and at his death
TO his granddaughter, Griffith Morgan Ed
ridge, Jr., son of said Griffith Morgan Ed
ridge, for and during his natural life, and ut
his death to his oldest surviving son; and in
case the said Griffith Morgan Eldridge, Jr.,
should die before his father, then said prop
erty was devised from and after the death of
the said Griffith Morgan Eldridge, to his
brother Erwin James Eldridge for and dur
ing the term of his natural life, and after his
death to the oldest surviving son.
And all the rest and residue of his estate
t,,b M
appointed the said Griffith Morgan Eldridge
as Executor of said will, to whom letters
testamentary have been granted by the Or
phans' Court of Cecil County, and who in
virtue thereof, has possessed himself of the
said personal estate of great value.
The bin further states that the said per-
sonal estate, in the hands of said executor is
not sufficient to discharge all the debts due
and owing by the testator, and that the said
Griffith Howard Eldridge has wholly refused
to pay any part of the claims aforesaid, or
to render to the claimants any account of
the aforesaid personal estate in his hands.
The bill further states that the said Griffith
Morgan Eldridge, Executor; Griffith Morgan
Eldridge, Griffith Morgan Eldridge Junior
and Erwin James Eldridge reside in the
State of Georgia or elsewhere beyond the
jurisdiction of this Court, all of whom are
adults, with the exception of Griffith Nor
gan Eldridge, Ir., who is an infant under
twenty-one years of age
To the end therefore, that the said per-
sonal property may be applied to the pay
ment of said claims, and that decree may
be passed for the sale of the said real estate
and that the same may be sold for the pur.
pose of paying said claimants and all other
creditors who may come In and contribute
to the expenses of this suit, 1t is prayed that
an Order of Publication may be issued
against the nonresident defendants, and
that they be notified to appear and answer
the bill &C., and for such further and other
relief as the case may require.
1t is thereupon this 4th day of March, A. ID.
1904, adjudged, ordered and decreed that the
plaintiff by causing copy of this order to
be inserted in some newspaper printed and
published in Cecil county, once a week for
four successive weeks, before the Sd day of
April next, give notice to the said Griffith
Morgan Eldridge, Executor; Griffith Morgan
Eldridge and Griffith Morgan Eldridge, Jr.,
and Erwin James Eldridge, who are non
residents as before stated, of the substance
and object of this bill and warning them
to be and appear in this Court in person or
by Solicitor, on or before the 10Th day of
April next, to answer the premises and
show cause, If any they have, why decree
ought not to be passed as prayed.
MANLY DRENNEN, Clerk.
True Copy-Test:
mar 5-5t MANLY DRENNEN, Clerk.