The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-08-04
w. BEATTY HARLAN, Solicitor.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION


and others In the Circuit Court
VS.. for
Mary A. Bateman Hartford County.
and others. In Equity.
The object of this suit is to procure decree
tor the sale OF certain real estate in Hartford
county. formerly owned by the late BENJAMIN
Standiford and now owned by the defendant
Mary A. Bateman, to satisfy two mortgage
on said property.
The Bill of Complaint states:
l. That on the I'd day of October. SS7,
the late BENJAMIN Stamford. desiring to Sc
to his children. viz: Mary A. Batcman
wife of Hudson Bateman. Georgia NJ. Standi-
ford now Georgia M. Dicrker, wife OF Iohn
H. Derker. Philip o. Standiford Winfield $.
StanditUrd, Susan ] Favour. wife of Jos. G..
Favour, Sarah {. Stamford and Maltcr
Standiford. the payment of the sum of
the said BEN amin Standiford's death, did by
his deed of that date convey bv way OF mort
gage to his said children certain real estate
situated in the First Election District OF Har-
ford county. containing nncty-two (g2l
acres. more or less and particularly described
in said deed of mortgage, which is recorded
among the Land Records of said county in
Liber A. l.. j., No. 80, folin +53, to which
mortgage there is condition annexed that
it be void on the payment to his said child
of the sum of $l567 80 without interest,
during the life time of the said BENJAMIN
Standiford or at his death.
That on the Goth of June 1905 Maltier
Stamford, one of the said children assigned
all his interests in said mortgage, the same
being a onc.Seveuth interest, to w. Beatty
Harlan: one of the complainantS in said suit.
=. That afterwards, on April 18th, 1890.
the said benjamin Staudiford being indebted
into the late Margaret K. Harlan in the sum
of $500. and intending to unto her the
payment thereof, did by his deed of that date
convey by way of mortgage unto the said
Margaret K. Harlan the same real estate de
seribed in the above mentioned first mortgage
to which mortgage there is condition
ncXed. that it be void on payment to the
said Margaret K. Harlan of the said sum of
money with interest thereon on or before
April 18th, 1895.
3. That the said Margaret X. Harlan
died July 18th. 9O3 and that by her last
will and testament which has been duly pro
bated and is OF record in the 0rph ans Court
of Hartford county, the complainant William
Beatty Harlan was constituted and appoint
cd her Executor, ana that he has duly quail
fed as said executor.
+ That afterwards on March Goth, 1898,
the said benjamin Staudiford by his deed OF
that date conveyed the same real estate sub
icct to said two mortgages together with all
his personal property to his daughter, Mary
A. Batcnan, in consideration of the agree
ment ON the part OF said Mary A. Bateman.
wife OF Hudson Waterman. to pay the two
above mentioned mortgages. aggregating at
that time about 1900 and in further CON
sideration OF the sum OF One Thousand dol
lars,
!. That the said Mary A. Dateman accept
ed said conveyance from her father, took pos
session of said personal property and of said
real estate and had the latter transferred to
her name on the tax assessment books of
Earfurd county.
u. lnal without the knowledge or con-
sent of the complainant, w. Beatty Harlan.
OF the late Margaret X. Harlan the said
Mary BatcmIn caused or permitted to he
cut a large amount of wood and timber on
said mort gagged lands and sold the same.
thereby seriously and materially lesscniug
the security OF said mortgages.
4. That the said criamin died on the
25th day of March, 1905 intcstate.
y. That no part of said first mortgage OF
$I56T.59 has been paid to Sarah {. Standi
ford or w. Beatty Harlan or to Malticr
StunIifnTl from said Harlan acquired his in
| terest either by the late Benjamin Standi-
ford or by Mary A. Batcman, although the
time limited for the payment thereof by the
condition aforesaid has long since passed and
payment thereof has been duly demanded
| but that one-scventh part OF said sun oi
90 with interest thereon from March
25th 1905 remains due and OWING to each
of them, the said Sarah {. StaRdiord and W.
| Beatty Harlan.
| OF said second mort gage has been paid either
to the said NJ arearct X. II arlau during her life
| OF ia w. Beatty Harlan her executor since
| her death although the time limited for the
| payment thereof by the condition aforesaid
has long since passed and payment thereof
| said sum of $500 with interest thcTenn rom
| February Goth, 1894 remains due and owing
| unto to the said w. Beatty Harlan, executor
| of Margaret X. Harlan.
| 10. That the camplainants are not in
| formed whether any part OF the said mort
| gage debt of Slad7.lA to the children of the
| Gaid benjamin Standifurd has been paid or
not ia the other OF said children, the dcirn-
| dauts in this suit.
IL. That the defendant, Georgia NJ. Dicr-
| ker, IL a nonresident of the State of Mary
| land. being II resident of the State of Illinois.
| The Bill then asks that the defendant Mary
| \. Batcmau may he dccrced to pay to the
| compliments what may he due to them rs
| aforesaid. together with heir costs OF suit by
a short day to be appointed tor that purpose
| or in default thereof that the mortgaged
property he sol to pay the amounts due the
| compliments on both said mortgages and
| the cost of this suit.
| And the Bill also asks for such other and
further relief as the complainaut's case may
| require.
1t is thereupon this ! 9th day of July 1905
| ordered by the Circuit Court for Hartford
| county, sitting "A Court of Equity, that
| the compliments by causing a copy of this
| order to be inserted in some newspaper
| printed and published in Hartford county
| once in each OF four successive weeks fifteen
| days before the 18th day OF September.
| 1905, give notice to the said nonresident de-
| fcndaut OF the object and substance OF the
| bill of complaint warning them to lie and APP
| pear in this Court in person or by solicitor
| on or before the said 18th day of September
1908 to show cause if any they have. why q
| decree ought not to be passed rs prayed.
WIN. $. FORWOOD, TX, Clerk.
True Copy-Test;
WM, 5, PORWOop, II, Clerk,