The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-03-11
ROBY F. WILES, defendant
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Maryland.
EQUITY No. 5529

Equity No. 5529
yyNHE OBJECT of this suit is to pro-
L cure decree for the annullment
of the illegal marriage between Mildred
4. Gibbs, complainant, and Roby F.
Wiles, defendant.
The bill states, in substance, that the
Complainant Mildred R. Gibbs, and the
Defendant, Roby F.Wiles, went through
the ceremony of marriage to one anoth-
er at Mt. Rainier Christian Church,
Prince Georges County, Maryland, the
Rev. Mr.. Leslie l.. Bowers officiating,
a, to-wit, the 5th day of October, A.
D. 1919, that thereafter the complainant
Mildred R. Gibbs and the Defendant
Roby F. Wiles, cohabited as man and
wife for a period of Il months and
hat as result Of such cohabigation
one child GAS been born, said child now
being in the custody of the plaintiff,
Mildred r Gibbs; that thereafter, on,
tcwit, the 2Sth day Of February, 1920,
the complainant, Mildred R. Gibbs,
discovered that the Defendant at the
time of the performance of the mar
riage ceremony hereinbefOre mentioned
was married man. he having married
one Cleo Johnson on, to-wit, the 18th
idt VI bSSSIuoCls IA. w. 1'4C. oy viz
Rev. Mr.. j. H. Bowling, pursuant to a
license issued from the Office of the
Clerk of the Court of TazewelI County,
Virginia, which said marriage has nev-
er been terminated or dissolved by the
death of the said Cleo Johnson, or by
Iivorce or otherwise, al Of which facts
were unknown to the plaintiff Mildled
T.. Gibbs at the time uf the performance
If the marriage ceremony between her
self and the Defendant and during the
time that he cchabited with her as afore-
said ana that since learning of said mar
riage, as aforesaid, the said Plaintiff,
Mildred r. Gibbs, has not cohabited
with said Defendant; and that by reason
of these premises the attempted mar
| rage between the Plaintiff, Mildred R.
Gibbs, and the Defendant is null and
| void; and that the Plaintiff, Mildred R.
Gibbs, is entitled to q decree judicially
decreeing said attempted marriage to be
null and void; the bill further states
| that complainant Mildred R. Gibbs is
resident Of Prince Georges County,
| MARYLAND, and that the defendant, Ro-
| by +, Wiles, is nonresident of the
| State Of Maryland, aDd when last
| heard from was resident of the state
| VII ginia.
1t is thereupon this 9Th day of Febru-
ary, AID. 1921, by the Circuit Court for
Prince Georges County, Maryland, sit
ting as Court of Equity Ordered, that
the complainant, Mildred R. Gibbs, by
causing copy cf this order to be in
serted in some newspaper published
in Prince Georges County, State of
| Maryland. once in each of four success
| sive weeks before the 14th day of March
a. D. 1921, give notice to the said non
resident defendant Roby F. Wlles, of
the object and substance of this bill
of Complaint filed IN this cause, warn
Ing him to appear in this Court in per-
son, or by solicitor on or before the fst
day Of April, A. D. 1921, next, to show
cause, if any he has, why decree
ought not to be passed as prayed.
SUMMERFIELD D. HALL,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Prince Georges County, Nd
True Copy-Test:
S. D. HALL Clerk. Feb11,2 81