Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-02-07
In the Circuit Court for Montgomery county
as Court of Equity. No. 1922 Equity.

The object of this suit is to procure a
decree establishing vendors lien against
and for the sale of certain property in
Montgomery county, in this State, which
was sold and conveyed by the plaintiff
Harrison M. Bennett, unto Robert c. Lowen
and Hazel M. Lowen, his wife
The bill states that the plaintiff, being
seized and possessed in fee simple Of the
property, on or about March 20, 1917 sold
and conveyed certain real estate, more
particularly described in the bill. unto
Robert c. Lowen and Hazel M. Lowen, his
wife, as Joint tenants or tenants by the
entiety and not as tenants in common
that, of the purchase price therefor, the
principal sum of eight hundred ($800.00)
dollars was not paid by the grantees either
at the time of the sale or since and such
deferred purchase money is now represented
by a renewal promissory note of said Robert
c. Lowen and Hazel M. Lowen. for that
amount. dated October l, 1918, payable to
the plaintiff or order ninety days after
date with interest at the legal rate and
expressly authorizing the confession of
judgment against said grantees for the
amount thereof with interest and costs.
That Robert C. Lowen died October ID
1918, and was survived by his said wife.
who departed this life October IS, 1918,
leaving as her sole heirs at law and next
of kin. her mother, the defendant Eliza
beth Van Horn and her brothers andsis-
tiers, the defendants Ernest, Harry and
Julia Van Horn, Pauline Montgomery and
Goldie Mcmahon. Of whom defendants
Ernest and Harry Van Horn had inter
married respectively with Rena and Amy
Van Horn, and defendants Pauline Mont
gomery and Goldie Mcmahon had respec-
lively intermarried with defendants Harry
Montgomery and Wallace Mcmahon.
That the whole Of said principal sum of
eight hundred ($80000) dollars and in
terest thereon from October /, 1918. still
remains due and owing and has not been
paid by the personal or legal representa-
tives Of said defendants, whose personal
estates are insufficient to pay their debts,
and that plaintiff is advised that he is
entitled to have a lien declared against
the property to the extent Of the unpaid
part Of the purchase money with interest,
subject possibly to the effects of certain
deed of trust thereon more particularly
described in the bill.
That the said Elizabeth Van Horn, Julia
Van Horn, Ernest Van Horn and Rena Van
Horn, his wife, Harry Van Horn and Amy
Van Horn, his wife, Pauline Montgomery
and Harry Montgomery, her husband,
Goldie Mcmahon and Wallace Mcmahon,
her husband, are all non-resdents Of the
State of Maryland
1t is thereupon, this 3rd day of February,
1919. ordered by the Circuit Court for Mont
gomery county, in Equity, that the plain
tiff, by causing a copy Of this order to be
inserted in some newspaper, published in
said Montgomery county. once in each of
four successive weeks before the 9Th day
of March, 1918, give notice to the said
absent defendants Of the object and sub
stance of this bill, warning them to appear
in this Court in person or by solicitor on
or before the 18th day of March. 1919. to
show cause, if any they have. why de-
cree ought not to be passed as prayed.
PRESTON B. RAY, Clerk
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
True copy-Test:
PRESTON B. RAY,
feb It'd Clerk.