The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-31
No. 3407 EQUITY.


THE OBJECT of this bill is to procure
i a decree in said Court to sell the real
estate tf Lillian J Freer late of Prince
Georges County, State of Maryland, de-
ceased.
The bill alleges that the plaintiff is the
surviving husband of said deceased and
the defendants, are her brother and niece
an infant under the age of twenty-one
y. as that said Joseph r Davis resides in
Washington City District of Columbia
and the infant with her mother at Rock
vile in the State of Indiana. That at the
time of her death the said Lillian j.
Freer has seized and possessed ot house
and lots in Brentwood, Prince Georges
County, Maryland, upon which there is
mortgage for about one thousand dollars
due the Laurel Building Association now
of record among the Land Records of
said County; that she died interstate leav-
ing no child or children, but left the
| plaintiff, her surviving husband who is
entitled to his life estate in the property,
her only heirs being the two defendants
to this cause, the said Annie Catherine
| Davis being an only child of the said
| Llllian's deceased brother, namely Will
liam E. Davis who died several years
ago, intestate, leaving this only child and
la widow, namely, Susan E. Davis. since
inter-married with a certain Thomas s.
! Marshall both of whom reside with said
| infant at Rockville in the State of In
diana. The bill further charges that the,
said Susan E. Marshall is not entitled to
dover in this property, tut that her said
daughter Annie Catherine Davis and the
said Joseph R. Davis are each entitled to
an equal one half undivided interest in
said real estate, and in which also the
plaintiff is entitled to life estate or hus-
bands dover, which interest however he
consents shall be solo under decree in
this cause free and clear of his said claim
and agrees to take in lieu thereof its
money value according to the scale in
chancery in such cases out of the pro-
ceeds of sale of said dwelling-house and
lots. The bill further alleges that the
property cannot be divided among all
parties interested in the same without
! loss or injury to them an ought to be
sold by authority Of tits Court subject to
said mortgage debt. 1t further states,
that proceedings in this Court. had been
taken by mistake, to sell said real csta'-
| without making the said infant a party
but they had been abandoned by order of
Court 1t then prdys for the appoint
ment Of Trustee by this Court to sell
said house and lots, subj CT to said nor =
gage and to have the proceeds of sale
distributed according to law among the
plaintiff and the two defendants, also
| for the other matters in the bill and for
an order of publication against the de-
PENDANTS both being charged to be non
residents of the State of Maryland. 1t
is thereupon ordered this Gath day of
April 1907 by Benjamin d. Stephen,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, as Court of Equity.
that the complainant cause a copy of this
order together with the object and sub
stance of the bill to be inserted in some
newspaper published III Prince Georges
County once week for four successive
weeks before the first day of June 1907
giving notice to the said Joseph R Davis
and Annie Catherine Davis warning them
to appear in this Court in person or by
solicitor, on or before the twenty-fourth
day of June 1907 to show cause if any
they may have why decree ought not to
pass as prayed.
BENZ D. STEPHEN, Clerk.
| True Copy.-Test:
BENZ. D. STEPHEN, Clerk.