The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-11-23

Jeremiah Shaffer and Barbara Shat
{ fer, his wife, ct al, Plaintiffs, VS..
( otto b. Shatfer ct al, Defendants.
The object of this bill is to procure
a decree for the sale of certain tract
or parcel of land in Carroll County.
State of Maryland.
| The bill states that a certain Jacob
Shaffer departed this life in Carroll
Co"rty, Maryland, during the year,
A. ID. 1898, intestate, seized and DOS
Sessed of a certain tract or parcel OF
land containing % ga acres, more or
less, located in Westminster district,
Carroll county, Maryland, which was
conveyed to the said Jacob Shaffer
by George Strevig and wife by deed
dated March II, 1851, and recorded
among the Land Records of Carroll
County, in Liber J. B. B., No. -, folio
246, certified copy of said deed is
hled among the proceedings marked
Exhibit A and prayed to be taken
together with all other Exhibits as
part of the bill.
That the said Jacob Shaffer at the
time of his death left surviving him
the following nieceS and nepheWs as
his only heirs at law and next of kin,
viz: Otto B. Shaffer a resident of
Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania );
Willie Ann Eppley cher husband be-
ing deceased), a resident at 1877 n.
George St, York, State OF PennsyI-
vania; Tillie Blouse (her husband be-
ing now deceased) resident of
Shrewsbury, State of PENNSYLVANIA;
Alkaline Webb cher husband being
now deCeaSed) a resident of Shrews-
bury, State of Pennsylvania, and Han
ne of ial- int
ert Hetrick, resident of Shrewsbury,
State of Pennsylvania, children of
George Shaffer, deceased brother of
said Jacob Shaffer; Emma Lau who is
intermarried with Nelson Lau, resi-
dents at 432 w. Princess ST., York,
State of Pennsylvania, and jeremiah
F. Shaffer, residing in Glen Rock,
State of Pennsylvania, children of
Samuel Shaffer, deceased brother of
Jacob Shaffer; Elizabeth KaltrRder,
who is intermarried with Noah w.
kaltrider, residents of St. Johns, State
of Michigan, Mary Jane Hershey Cher
husband being now deceased) a resi-
dent of New Freedom, State of Penn
sylvania, Sarah Emma Rhul, who is
intermarried with George E. Rhul,
residents of New Freedom, State of
Pennsylvania, jeremiah Shaffer and
Barbara Shaffer, his wife, residents
at Al S. Queen St., York, State of
Pennsylvania; Emanuel Shaffer whose
Wife's name is Leah Shaffer of COZ
West 33rd ST., Baltimore City, State
of Maryland, children of John Shat
fer, a deceased brother of Jacob
Shaffer; and Laura c. Tucker who is
intermaCried with Tucker,
residents of Chesterfield Madison
county, State of Indiana, a daughter
of Levi Shaffer, a deceased brother
of said Jacob Shaffer.
That the said Jacob Shaffer also left
at the time of his death a widow, Ma
tilda Shaffer, and that the said Ma
tilda Shaffer departed this life in said
Carroll County on the 18th day of
April, A. D. 1917.
That the aforesaid real estate is of
the value of about $1,000, and upon
the death OF the said intestate, Jacob
Shaffer, descended to and vested in
the aforesaid nieces and nephews of
the said Jacob Shafer, subject to the
dover interest therein of the said
Matilda Shaffer, who is since deceas-
ed, and the aforesaid nieces and
nepheWS are the owners of said real
estate as tenants in common
That the aforesaid real estate is
not susceptible of partition without
tel!al loss and injury to the parties
in interest therein as above stated,
and that in order to make division
of said interests it will be necessary
that said real estate be sold and the
proceeds thereof divided among the
parties according to their several
interests.
That all of the parties, both plain
tiff and defendants, are adults above
the age of tWenty-one years
That the said Otto B. Shafer is a
resident of Philadelphia, State of
Pennsylvania, Tillie Blouse, Alkaline
Webb, Hannah Hetrick and Robert
Hetrick, her husband, are residents
OF Shrewsbury, State of Pennsylvania
jeremiah F. Shaffer, resident of Glen
Rock, State of Pennsylvania, Mary
Jane Hershey, Sarah Emma Rhul and
George E. Rhul, her husband, resi-
dents of New Freedom, State of Penn
sylvania, and Laura c. Tucker and
- Tucker, her husband, residents
of Chesterfield, Madison Co., State of
Indiana, and all are non-residents of
the State of Maryland
It is thereupon this 14th day of No
vember, A. D. 1917, ordered by the
Circuit Court for Carroll County, sit
ting as Court of Equity, that the
plaintiffs, by causing a copy of this
order to be inserted in some news
paper, published in said Carroll Coun-
ty, once in each of four successive
weeks before the 18th day of Deem
Der A. d. 1917, give notice to the said
absent defendants of the object and
substance of this bill, warning them to
appear in this Court in person or by
solicitor, on or before the 7th day of
January, next, to show cause, if any
they have, why decree ought not to
be passed &C prayed.
EDWARD o. CASH.
True Copy-Test:
Edward o. Cash, Clerk.