Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-13

Ia the Circuit Court for Charles couu-
q. MARYLAND. No. 1919 Equity.


Robert Ward ct. al, Defendants.
TIE object Of this Bill l. IN procure
a decree for the sale Il tho real es-
tate mentioned in said proc. ,diues. II
which Ladpnia Ward died seized and
possessed. by the entirety. and as ten
ant M eomhou, situated IN the Second
Election District Of Chatles County,
Maryland, and that the proceeds aris-
ing from said sale be divided among
the heirs at law Of the said Ladonia
Mad and Wallace Ward. her SURVIVE
ing husband aud tenant in mmon in
one % The tract Of land therein mem
toned aud described, according to
their several interest
The Bill states 10 substance that
i.adOnia Ward, late Of Charles County,
deceased, was in her life time and at
the time Of her death, seized and pos
sessed Of two tracts or parcels Of land
situated in the Second Election Dis
trlct Of Charles County. and known as
Part Of Prichard or sI'aft Of Whit
land': the first Of aid tracts contain
ing p IA acres and designated as Lot
No. in the survey Of .sPrichard' or
'sWhitIaud"; the second OF said tracts
being designated as Lot No. Z in said
survey and containing 3 acres 2 roods
and "A perehes.
The Bill further states that the said
Ladonia Ward, deceased as aforesaid,
was in her lifetime and at the time Of
her death seized aud possessed as ten
ant in common with her husband,
Wallace Ward, Of a tract or parcel of
land situated in the Second Election
District Of said county, the name Of
of which is not certainly known, aud
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
Lad0nia Ward, being seized and pos
ses 'ed Of the two first mentioned tracts
Of land, (mentiOned AID described in
paragraph Of said Biu), by the en-
iifsty, aud the said Ladonia Ward and
Wallace Ward, her husband, being
seized and possessed as tenants in com
mon Of the tractef land mentioned and
described in paragraph No. ? of said
Bill the said l.adonia 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 and 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 If the said Ladonia
Ward without material loss and injury
to all the parties interested therein;
and that it is necessary that TIE said
tracts Of land be sold and the proceeds
Of sale distributed to the parties in in
terest under the direction Of lhis Hon
orable Court; and the Plaintiffs ask for
such other relief as their case may re-
quire.
1t is thereupon this 4th day of June,
in the year 1913, ordered by the Cir
cult Court for Charles County sitting
as Court Of Equity, that the Plaintiffs
cause 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, 1913, to
show cause, if any they have, why
decree ought not be passed as prayed.
HARRY G. CHAPPELEAR,
Clerk of the CT. Ct. for Chas. Co. Md
True copy, Test =
H.C. CHAPPELEAR, Clerk.