The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-12-15
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Maryland,
No. 1929 Equity

No. 1929 Equity
THE object of this suit is to obtain
i decree for the sale for the purposes
of partition of house and lot in the
town of Laurel, Prince Georges Coun-
ty, Maryland, said property being more
particularly described in Exhibit No l
filed with the Bill of Complaint The
Bill in substance states, that Jane +.
Shaffer died intestate, in said County
and State, during the year 1913, seized
and possessed at the time of her death
of the house and lot alb we mentioned
and that her husband Charles F. Shaft
er, Sr., has since died. That the sole
heirs at law Of the said Jane +. Shatfer
are CD a son the Complainant, William
G. Shaffer, whose wife is Susie Shaffer;
(2) A daughter the Defendant, Laura
A. Waters, whose husband is andolph
R Waters; (3)A son, the Defendant A.
Clinton Shaffer, a wldower, (4) A son.
Il Defends ut Frank Shaffer, whose wife
is May Shaffer, (0 A grandson the De-
PENDANT E. Whyland Shatfer whose
wife is Elizabeth Shaffcr, he being the
sole heir at law of Charles F. Shaffer,
Jr. son of the said Jane F. Snaffer.
and who predeceased the said Jane F.
Shaffer, (6l A son the Defendant David
Shaffer, unmarried, 60 A grand daught-
er the Defendant Edith Hoskins, whose
husband is Eugene Hoskins, Also a
granddaughter the Defendant Frances
| Thomas, whose husband is Oscar
Thomas. Also a granddaughter Myra
| Shaffer, unmarried, the sal Defendants
| Edith Hoskins, Frances Thomas and My
ra Shaffer, beng the sole heirs al law OF
| Henry Shaffer, son of the said Jane
F. Shaffer and who predeceased the
said Jane F. Shaffer, (S) A grandson
the Defendant Charles A. Jardln whose
| wife's christian name is unknown to the
| Compliments. A grand daughter the
| Defendant Madeline Payne whose hus-
bands christian name is unknown TO
| your Compartments. A grandson the
Defendant Percy Jardin, the Defen-
dants Charles A. Jardin, Madeline
Payne and Percy Jardin. being the sole
heirs at low Of Myra JardIu, daughter
| Of the said Jane F. Shaffer who pre-
deceased the said Jane F. Shaffer.
| That the said real estate is not suscep-
tibe of partition in kind without loss
and Injury 10 the parties Interested
therein aud each If them and that it
would be To the benz iii and advantage
of tue parties Complainant and Defen-
dant to have said real estate sold under
| decree of this Honorable Court and the
| proceeds of sale, after the payment Ut
costs and expenses divided amongst the
parties entitled according to their re-
spective interests therein,
That ali of the parties both Complain
ant ard Defendant are residents oi
Prince Georges County, State OF MaIy-
land, Except the Defendants Edith
Hoskins and Eugene Hoskins, her hus-
baud who are non-residents of he State
of Maryland, residing at Lamoyne III
the State of Pennsylvania, and except
the Defendants Frances Thomas and
Oscar Thomas, Ter husband, and Myra
Shaffer unmarried and Charlie A. Jar
din and --Jardir, his wire, and
Madeline, Payne and----Payne, her
husband, and Percy Jardin, who are
non-residents of the STA of Maryland
aud residing in the District of Columbia.
| That all of the parties both Complain
ant and Defendant are adul except
the Defendant Madeline Payne who IS
an infant between the ages of Is ann
81 years of age and the Defendant
| Percy Jardin, who is an infant under
the age of 81 wears of age. The Bill
| prays for decree for sale and distr :
button as aforesaid and for general re-
lief 1t is thereupon on this 10Th, day
of November, 1916, ordered bv tht
Circuit Court for Prince Georges
County, in Equity, that the Complain
ants by causing copy Of this order
TO be inserted in some weekly news
paper published in Prince Georges
County, Md, once week in each of
four successive weeks before the 30tL
day of December, 1916, give notice to
the absent Defendants Edith Hoskins
and Eugene Hoskins, her husband,
Frances Thomas and Oscar Thomas,
her husband. Myra Shaffer, unmarried,
Charles A. Jardin and----Jardin +,
his wife, Madeline Payne, infant, and
---Payne, her husband, and Percy
Jardin, infant, of the object and SUD-
stance of the Bill of Complaint, warn
| ing them and each of them to be and
| appear in this Court on or before the
| 18th day of January, 1917, to show
cause, if any, he, she or they may have
| why decree should not be passed as
| prayed.
S. D. HALL, Clerk
Circuit Court TOT Prince Georges
County, Mo
True Copy-Test:
| s. D. HALL, Clerk. Dec. 1st