Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Helen Ward ct. al, Plaintiffs.
vs..
Robert Ward ct. al, Defendants.


TIE object Of this Bin is to procure
! decree for the sale Of the real es-
tate mentioned in said proet edings, Of
which Lad mia Ward died seized and
possessed, by the entirety, and as ten
ant in common, situated in the Second
Election District Of Charles County
Maryland, and that the proceeds arts
ing from said sale be divided among
the heirs at law Of the said Ladonia
Ward and Wallace Ward, her surviv-
ing husband aud tenant in common ia
one OF the tract of laud therein men,
toned aud described, according to
their several interest
The Bill states in substance that
Ladouia Ward, late of Charles County
deceased, was in Der life time and at
the time Of her death, seized and pos
ses-ed " tw0 tracts or p reels Of land
situated in the Second Election Dis
trict Of Charles o nty. and known as
Part Of Piichard Or Part OF Whit
laud'': the first Of aid tracts contsip-
lug % IA acres aud designated as Lot
No. in the survey OF ..prichard'' or
Whitlatdn; the second Of said tracts
being designated as Lot No. in said
survey and containing acres 2 roods
Iand "A pefches.
The Bill further states that the said
Ladpnia Ward, deceased as aforesaid,
was IN her lifetime and at the time of
her death seized and possessed as ten
aat ia common with her husband /,
Wallace Want, of a tract or parcel of
land situated in the Secoud Election
District Of said county, the name of
of which is not certainly known, and
which lies on the Northwest side of
the public road leading from Hill Top
to Pisgah, and containing twenty-eight
acres Of land, more or less.
The Bill further states that the said
Ladonia Ward, being seized and pos
sessed of the two first mentioned tracts
Of land, (menti,ned aid described in
paragraph l of said Billy, by the en-
firety, aud the said Ladonia Ward and
Wallace Ward, her husband, being
seized and possessed as tenants in COM
mon of the tract of land mention ed and
described in paragraph No. 2 Of said
Bill, the said Ladonia Ward departed
this life many years ago, intestate, and
leaving surviving her husband, the
said Wallace Ward and the following
relatives as her heirs at law, viz: Al
exander Ward, who intermarried with
Helen Ward, Noble Ward, Helen
Ward, and Robert Ward who intermar-
ried with Georgeanna Ward.
The Bill further states that the De-
PENDANTS, Robert Ward aud George
anna Ward are adults and non-resi.
dents o this State, they at this time
residing in Washington City, District
OF columbia.
The Bill further states that the said
tracts or parcels of land cannot be di-
vided among your said orators and the
said heirs at law Of the said Ladonia
Ward without material loss and injury
to all the parties interested therein;
and that it is necessary that the said
tracts Of land be sold and the proceeds
Of sale distributed to the parties in in
terest under the direction of lhis Hon
AiAbltH ASO4Als anu tIC AatiJnA1 t1a AOA
such other relief as their case may re-
quire.
1t is thereupon this 4th day of June,
in the year 1918, ordered by the Cir
cult Court for Charles County sitting
as Court Of Equity, that the Plaintiffs
cause a copy of this order to be insert
ed in some newspaper published IN
Charles County, once week for four
successive weeks before the 9TH day OF
July, 1913, giving notice to the said
nonresident defendants of the object
and substance of this suit, and warning
them to be or appear in this Court in
this Court in person or by attorney, on
or before the 9TH day of July, 1918, ia
show cause, if any they have, why a
decree ought not be passed as prayed.
HARRY c. CHAFPELEAR,
Clerk OF the Ct. CT. for Chas. Co. Md
True copy, Test -
Fl. c. CHAPPELEAR, Clerk.