Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-06-02

The obj ct Of this suit is to procur,
a decree for the sale Of certain rea
estate in Charles ounty, Maryl land, d
which Washington Willis late OF h RE.
County, deceased, died seized aud pos-
stssed, and which descended To his five
chiidrrn, named in the Bit of Com
plant, as his rs-at-law, and for dis.
tributIOn of proceeds Of sale among
the parties to said suit as their sever al
and respective rights and interests NAV
appear.
| The Bill states that the said Wash
| ngt"n Willis was in Lis lifetime and
at the time OF his deatE ssizsd and pos.
se,sed Of two tracts of land situated in
| Cnar Us County, being known as part of
Chambers Hope, aud containing ia
the whole thirty-four acres one rood
and thi ty-one perches of land, more or
ess. Each of said tracts of land lying
on the Public Road leading from PORT
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 dtparted this life on the
twenty-thlrd day of November. 1892.
leaving surviving him widow, Flora
ing surviving HIM the following chill
dren, to whom, as his heirs-at-law, the
said land has descended, viz: A son.
Washington Willis, who Internal ried
with Julia Willis, both adults aud re-
siding In the District of Columbia; a
daughter, Daisy Matthews, who inter
married with Harry NJ atthews. both Of
whom are of full age and reside in
Charles County; Harrison Willis. 500
OF the said Washington WIl's, unmar-
ried, of full age, and residing in the
State Of e california; son Arthur Willis,
who intermarried with Julia Willis,
both of whom are of full age and re-
side in the State of Tennessee; a son
Zebra Willis, who intermarried with
Lessie Willis, both Of whom are of full
age and reside in Charles County.
That the said Cebr Willis aud Lessi
Willis, his wife, by deed dated the
twenty-hith day of April, 1916, and du-
ly recorded among the Land Records
If Charles County in Liber ii. C. C.
No. 20, folio sol, conveyed to your
o ator, Ferdinand C. Cooksey, every
and all interests which they held in the
two aforesaid tracts of land.
That the said real estate is not sus
eeptlbls of division or partition among
the parties in interest therein without
material loss ard injury; that it is
necessary that said tracts of land be
sold and the proceeds OF sale distribute
ed to the parties in interest under the.
direction of this Honorable Court
The Bill further states that Wash
ington Willis, Julia Willis, Harrison
Willis, Arthur Willis, Lily Wills, are
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 a week for four success
sive.weeks, before the 3Td day of June,
next, give notice to the said non
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 he may have, why
decree ought not to be passed as
prayed.
CONRAD POSEY,
Clerk of the CT. Ct. for Chas. Co., Md.
True Copy, Test:
CONRAD PosEY, CLERK.