Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1916-05-19
ORDER OF P, BLIoA1IoN.
Ia the Circuit Court for Charles
County, No. 1924, EQUITY.

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Ferdinand C Cooksey and Anna NJ
Cooksey. his wife Plaintiff
VS..
Washington Willis snd Ju il Willis
his wife, Daisy Matthe W. and HAIR
Matthews, her husband, Harrison
Willis, Arthur vii rs and Lille Willis
Ills wife, Defendants
The object Of this suit is to proeur
a decree for the sale Of CERTAIN lea
estate in Charles ountv, MARYLAND, G.,
which Washington Willis late OF h,ri-i
County, deceased, died seized and pos
ssssed, and which descended to his five
children, named in the Bill OF Con,-
plant, IS his heirs-at- law. and for dis
tributIOn of proceeds Of sale anon,
the parties to said suit as their seveia
and respective rights and interests may
appear.
The Bill states that the said Wash
ingtnn Willis was in Lis If. time am
at the time OF his dealt seized and pos
se~ed OF two tracts of land situated in
Cnar es County, being known as part Of
Chambers Hope, y and containing ia
the whole thirty-four acres one rood
and thi ty-one perehes of land, more "a
less. Each OF said tracts OF land iying
on the Public Road leading from Pal
Tobacco Station to the Vi lage OF Port
Tobacco.
That being so seized and posses sed Of
the said real estate, the said Washing
ton Willis d. parted this life on the
twenty-third DAY of November, 1902,
leaving surviving him widow, Fora
Willis, who has since died. aud le,v-
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 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. both OF
whom are of full age and reside 10
Charles County; Harrison Willis. son
OF the said Washington Wrlis, unmar-
ried, of full age, and residing in th,.
State Of & California; a son Arthur Willis,
who inteImarrIed with Julia Wills
both of whom are of fun age and re-
side in the State OF Tennessee; son
Zebra W ills, who intermarried with
Leslie Willis, both Of whom are of full
age and reside in Charles Couuy.
That the said Cebr Willis and Lessi
Willis, his wife, by deed dated tht
twenty fifth day of April, 1916, and du.
ly recorded among the Lad Records
II Charles County ia Liber II. C. G.
No. 20, folio SOL, conveyed to your
o ator, Ferdinand @. Cooksey, every
and all utter SITS which they held in the
two afore said tracts of land.
That the said real estate is not sus
ceptlble of division or partition anon :
the p'rtles in interest therein without
material loss aid H. jury; that ii is
necessary that said tracts OF land be
sold and the procseds OF sale dislrihn5-
ed to the parties in interest under The
direction of this Honorable Court
The Bill further states that Wash
ipgton Willis, Julia Willis, Hsrrison
Willis, Arthur Willis, Lily Wills, ar
non residents of this State.
1t Is thereupon, this 2Sth day oi
April, 1916, ordered by the Circuit
Court for Charles county, Maryland,
sitting in Equity, that the Plaintiffs,
by causing a 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 Bird day Of Juue,
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., Nd.
True Copy, Test:
CONRAD POSEY, Clerk.