The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-02-11
T. TAN CLAGETT,
Solicitor for Complainants
ORDEe OF p OBLIGATION
MATTHIAS DIGGS and MOLLIE
DIGGS his wife. Compliments,
vs..
LOUISA HUNT, widow, HENRY
DlGGS and the unknown heirs
or devisees, if any, of
HENRY DIGGS, deceased.
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Md.
No. 4iSl Equity

No. 4dSl Equity
fs1Il + object of this suit is to obtain
4 decree for the sale for purposes of
partition of a tract Of land containing
about Three fourths of an acre of land
and imp ovemcnts situated near the
town Of Upper Marlboro, in Marlboro
District, Prince Georges County, State
of Maryland, the property of Gabriel
G. Diggs. deceased. The Bill in SUBJ
stance states that the said Gabriel G.
Digges, who died intestate, in said
County and State, during the year 1886,
and whose widow has since died. was
at the time of his death seized and
possessed of the tract of land and i'm
provements above mentioned, and being
a portion of the property mentioned in
a certified copy of deed filed with
the Bill of Complaint marked Com
plainants Exhibit No. l. That the sole
heirs at law of the said Gabriel G.
Digges are ~ a son, the Complainant
Matthias Diggs, whose wife, is the Com
plainant Mollie Diggs, (2) daughter
Louisa Hunt, who is widow. (3)
Another son named Henry Digs, who
disappeared about IS years ago and has
not been heard frc m since then, and it
is not known whether the said Henry
Diggs is living or dead, and if dead, it
is not known who are his heirs or de-
visees That the said Henry Diggs was
unmarried and when last heard from
was in the city of New York. That the
said Matthias Digges has since the death
of his ssid father paid the State and
County taxes on said property. That
the said real estate is not susceptible of
partition in kind without loss or injury
to the parties interested, and each of
them, and that it will be to the benefit
of all parties interested to have said
real estate sold uuder a decree of this
Court and the proceeds arising from
said sale distributed, after the payment
of costs and expenses amongst the par
ties interested according to their re-
spectlve rights and interests therein.
That SO far as can be known all Of the
parties hereto are non residents of the
State of Maryland, the said Defendant
Louisa Hunt being resident of the
District of Columbia, and al! are adults
decree for sale and distribution as
aforesaid and for general relief. 1t is
thfreupon on this 9th day of January,
1915, ordered by the Circuit Court for
Prince Georges County in Equity, that
thS Nolbp Wy WY W.
tt 5 order TO be inserted in som" news
paper published in Prince Georges
County, Md, once a week in each OF
four successive weeks before the 5th
day of Fl bruary 1916, give notice to
the sa d nonresident Defendants, viz
Louisa Hunt, Henry Digs, if living,
au.', if dead. to the unknown heirs at
law or devisees, if any, of the said
Henry Diggs, of the object and SUBJ
stance of the Bill of Complaint, warn
ing them and each of them to be and ap-
pear in this Court on or before the 23rd
day of February next, either in person or
By solicitor, to show cause, if any, she,
he or they may have, why decree
should not be passed as prayed.
S. d. HALL
Circuit Court lor Prince Georges
County, Md
Frue Copy-Test:
s. D. HALL, Clerk JAM