Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-03-16
JOHN W. STATION. Attorney-at-Iaw
Order of Publication
Joseph Covington and Josephine Coving-
ton, his wife.
Alfred Covington. et al.


Alfred CovingtOn. et al.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. Maryland No 2s79 Chan
Gerry. March term. l9ls.
The object of this suit il to obtain a
decree for the sale of the real estate in
Worcester County, Maryland. of which
James II. Covington died seized.
The bill alleges
/. That James III Covington died in
testate in Lewes. Delaware, on the
twenty-iifth day of October. nineteen
hundred and fifteen. seized and pos
sessed of certain lot or parcel of land
lying and being situate in the town of
Snow Hill in the County Of Worcester
leading from the end of Federal Street
to the State road leading from Snow
Hill 10 Pocomoke City. being all that
lot or parcel OF land. together with the
buildings and improvements thereon.
which was conveyed to the said James
H. Coyington by John 5 Aydelotte and
wife by deed dated December i. 1885.
recorded among the land records Of
Worcester County aforesaid in l.ibcr
+. H. f. No. :. folio is. certified
copy of which deed il Herewith filed as
a part thereof. marked Exhibit a
.. That the said James II. Coving-
ton left no child or descendant but did
leave a widow, Mary Covington. an
adult. of the City of Philadelphia in the
State of Pennsylvania. and the follow
ing brothers and sisters Of the whole
blood to whom the said property de-
scended. subject to the dover right of
the said Mary Covngton. to-wit:
ta) The plaintiff Joseph Covington.
whose wife is Josephine Covington.
both of whom are adults and reside in
he County of New Castle in the State
of Delaware.
(b) Alfred Covington. whose wife is
Rosie Covington, both of whom are
adults and reside in the City of Phila-
delphia in the State of Pennsylvania.
(c) Charles Thomas Covington. whose
wife il Lola Covington. both of whom
are adults. and reside in Wicomico
County in the State of Maryland
Id Wesley Covington. whose wife is
Nora Covington, both of whom are
adults and reside in the City of Phila-
delphia in the State of Pennsylvania.
(e) Robert Covington. unmarried.
who il an adult and resides in the City
of Wilmington in the State of Della
ware.
% Annie Townsend. whose husband
is Robert 5. Townsend. both of whom
are adults and reside in the City of
Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylva-
mia.
3. That the said lands cannot be d.
vided without loss or injury to the par
ties interested.
II is thereupon. this nth day of March
in the year one thousand nine hundred
and eighteen. ordered by the Circuit
Court for Worcester County. Maryland
sitting in Equity, that the plaintiffs. by
causing copy Of this order to be in
serted IN some newspaper published in
said Worcester County once in each of
four successive weeks before the eighth
day of April. nineteen hundred and
eighteen. give notice to the said absent
defendants of the object and substance
of said bill warning them to be and ap-
pear in this Court in person or by Solic-
itor on or before the first day OF May
nineteen hundred and eighteen. to show
cause. if any they have. why decree
ought not to pass as prayed.
OLIVER d. COLLINS. Clerk.
True Copy, Test:
OLIVER d. COLLINS, Clerk.