Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-08-31

Gerry July term. 1918, to-wit: Aug
ust l3. 1918.
The object Of this suit is to procure
a decree for the sale of that part Of
the real estate of which Thomas H..
White died seized and which was laid
Off to Mary Elizabeth White. his Wild
ow. now deceased. for her dover.
The bill states:
/. That Thomas H. White, late of
Worcester County. Maryland, died in
teStatc about the year eighteen hun
drcd and scventy-tive, seized Of GER
/ tain real estate in the Seventh Flee
ton District of Worcester County. Il
part of which was laid Off in the year
j 1877 to Mary Elizabeth White. widow
of the said Thomas B. White. as her
dover in the real estate of which the
said Thomas B. White died seized,
which lands so laid Off are particu-
larly described in Chanccry Record
No. ~, folio 223, certified copy of
the return of the Commissioners to
lay Off said dover being filed with the
bill of complaint as 4 part thereof
marked Exhibit A." and in said year
1877 the said widow of said Thomas
B. White entered into possession there
of and remained in possession thereof
until the year 1918, when she died.
>. That at the time of the death
of the said Thomas h. White he left
surviving him his said widow and the
following children. his only heirs at
law. to-wit: James S. =. White. Ed
ward W. White. George r. White,
John +. White and Mary Priscilla
Mariner.
>. That after the death of the said
Thomas B. White and before the death
of his widow, the said Mary Priscilla
Mariner died intestatc, leaving two
children her only heirs at law, namely,
Fred Mariner, whose wife is Stella
Mariner. and Cora Mariner. who
afterwards married n certain Column
bus Landlord. but the said Cora Mari
ncr Lankford died before the death
Of the said Mary Elizabeth White,
! leaving no issue surviving her.
:. That after the death of the said
Thomas b. White and before the
death of his said widow, Mary Eliza
beth White. the said John 7. White
died intestate. leaving widow, who
has since died, and the following chill
dren his only heirs at law, to-wit:
/ Claude b. White, whose wife is ---
White. Mary +. Ward, whose husband
/ is James Ward. J. Earl White. whose
wife is -- White, Harry I. White,
whose wife is -- White, G. Cor
bon White. whose wife is ---
White. and Alice y. Powell. whose
I husband is H. Clay Powell.
;. That BY deed dated April =,
1877. recorded among the land record ,
of Worcester County. Maryland, in
I Iiber l. +. VI. No. ;, folio 237. the said
Edward W. White conveyed to Edwin
A. Mariner all the right, title and in
/ tcrest of the said Edward W. White in
! the property of which the said Thomas
/ Il. White died seized, except certain
lands therein described but not the
property referred to in these proceed
/ ings, and the said. Edwin a. Mariner
I has thereby succeeded to the rights
Of the said Edward W. White, certi-
fed copy of the said deed being filed
with the said bill of complaint as a
part thereof, marked Exhibit "B."
6. That the said lands are owned
in common by the following named
persons in the designated proportions:
James S. P. White. one-ffth;
Edwin A. Mariner. grantee of Ed
ward w. White, one-fifth;
George T. White, one-ffth;
/ Fred Mariner, onc-fifth;
Claude y. White, Mary F.. Ward. J..
Earl White, Harry T. White, G. Cor
bon White and Alice b. Powell, heirs
at law of John r. White. onc-ffth.
Z. That the plaintiff is an adult
residing in Somerset County, Mary
I land: that Edwin A. Mariner and Susan
T.. Mariner, his wife. Fred Mariner
and Stella ,iariner. his wife, and
Alice Il. Powell and II. Clay Powell,
her husband. are all adults residing in
Worcester County, Maryland, and that
George 7. White and Lucy White, his
wife. Claude Il. White and
White his wife, Mary +. Ward and
James Ward, her husband, J. Earl
White and - White, his wife,
Harry I. White and -- White, his
wife. G. Corbon White and
White, his wife, are all adults, nom
residents of the State OF Maryland.
8. That the said lands cannot be
divided without loss or injury to the
parties interested.
Il is thercupon this thirteenth day
Of August. 1918. ordered by the Cir
cult Court for Worcester County,
Maryland, sitting in Equity, that the
plaintiff, by causing a copy of this
order to be inserted in some news.
paper published IN Worcester County
once in each of four successive weeks
before the 9th day of September, 1918,
give notice to the said absent defend
ants of the object and substance of
said bill warning them to appear in
this Court in person or by solicitor on
or before the 25th day of September,
1918, to show cause, if any they have,
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