Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-05-12
ORDER OF p, BLICAIION.
IL the Circuit Court for Charles
G. uaty, No. 1924, Equity.


Ferdins nd C Cooksey and Anna Nj
Cooksey. bis wife Plaintiff.
VS..
Washington Willis and Julia Willis
his wife, Daisy Matthews and HaIrl
Matthews, her husband, Harrison
Willis, Arthur viii is and Lille " Ills
his wife, Defendants.
The obi. ct Of this suit is to precurl
decree for the sale OF certain rea
estate in Charles ounty, Maryland, d
which Washington Willis late Of h rie.
County. deceased, died seized AMI pcs
stssed, and which descended to his five
children, named in the Bill Of Com
plant, IS his heirs-at-iaw, and for dis
tributIon of proceeds Of sale among
the parties to said suit as their seve, a
and respective rights and interests may
appear.
The Bill states that the said Wash
'ngtrn Willis was in Lis lifetime and
at The time OF his dratE SEIZED ard pos
sessed of two tracts of land situated in
Cnar.es County, being known as part Of
'Chandler's Hope, - and containing 10
the whole thirty-four acres one rood
and thi ty-one perehes OF land, more or
less. Each Of said tracts OF land lying
on the Public Road leading from Poft
Tobacco Station to the vi lage OF Port
Tobacco.
That being so seized and possessed OF
the said real estate, the said Washing
ton Willis departed this life on the
L~enty-third Gay Of November, 1892,
leaving surviving him widow, Flora
willis, who has since died. and leav-
ing surviving HIM the following chill
dren, to whom, as bis heirs-atlaw, the
said lald has descended, VIZ: A s,n
Washington Willis, who interma ried
with Julia Willis, both adults aud re-
siding In the District of Columbia; a
daughter, Daisy Matthews, who inter-
married with Harry Matthews. beth Of
whom are Of full age and reside in
Charles County; Harrison Willis, son
Of the said Washington Wills, unmar-
ried, OF full age, and residing in the
State Of California; son Arthur Willis
who inteImarried with Julia Wills
both of whom are of full age and re-
side in the State of Tennessee; a son
Zebra Willis, who intermarried with
Leslie Willis, both Of whom are OF full
age and reside in (harles County.
That the said Cebrl Willis and Less
Willis, his wife, by deed dated tuc
twenty -hfth day Of April, 1916, and du-
ly recorded among the La d Re cords
~ Charles County ia Liber II. c. C
No. 20, folio SOL, conveyed to your
o ator, Ferdinand, c. Cooksey. every
and all interests which they h,ld ia the
two aforesaid tracts of land.
That the said real estate is not sus
ceptibie of division or partition anon ;
the parties in interest therein witheut
material loss and injury; that it IS
necessary that said tracts OF land be
sold and the proceeds OF sale disirlhut-
ed to the parties in interest under the
direction of this Honor able Court
The Bill further states that Wash
ington Willis, Julia Willis, Herrison
Willis, Arthur Willis, Lily Wills, ar
non residents of this State.
1t Is thereupon, this 2Sth day OF
April, 1916, ordered by the Circuit
Court for Charles county, Maryland,
sitting in Equity, that the Plaintiffs,
by causing copy OF this order
to be inserted in some news
paper, published in Charles county,
Maryland, once week for four success
sive.weeks, before the Bird day OF JUNE
next, give notice to the said hon
resident defendants, of the object and
substance of this Bill, warning them
to be and appear in this Court in
person or by solicitor, on or before the
22nd day of June, in the year 1916,
to show cause If any be may have, why
decree onght not to be passed as
prayed.
CONRAD POSEY,
Clerk of the Ct. Ct for Chas. Co., Nd.
True Copy, Test;
CONRAD POSEY, CLERK,