The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-02-18
ROBY F. WILES, defendant
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Maryland.
Equity No. 5529

Equity No. 5529
TNHE OBJECT of this suit is to pro-
of the illegal marriage between h ,ldred
R. Gibbs. complainant, and Roby F.
Wiles, defendant.
The bill states, in substance, that the
Complainant Mildred R. G ,bbs, and the
Defen dant, Roby F. Wiles, went through
the ceremony of marriage to one anoth-
er at Mt. Rainier Christian ChuIch,
Prince Georges County, Maryland, the
Rev. Mr. Leslie l.. Bowers officiating,
on, 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 period of 4a months and
that as a result of such cohabitation
one child nas 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 Defe ndalt at the
time of the performance of the mar
riage ceremony herein before mentioned
was married man. he having married
one Cleo Johnson on, to-wit, the 18th
day of December, A. D. 1915, by the
Rev. Mr.. J. H. Bowling, pursuant to a
license issued from the office of the
Clerk of the Court Of Tazewell County,
Virginia, which said marriage has nev-
er been terminated or dissolved by the
death of the said Cleo Johnson, or by
divorce or otherwise, all of which facts
were unknown to the plaintiff Mildred
R. Gibbs at the time Of the performance
of the marriage ceremony between her
self and the Defendant and during the
time that he cohabited with her as afort-
said and 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
riage between tho Plaintiff, Mildred R.
Gibbs, and the Defendant is null and
void; and that the Plaintiff, Mildred r.
Gitbs, is entitled to q decree judicially
decreeing said attempted marriage to b.
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 F. Wiles, is nonresident of the
State Of Maryland, and when last
heard from was a resident of the state
Virginia.
1t is thereupon this 9th day of Febru-
ary, A. D.. 1921, by the Circuit Court for
Prince Georges County, Maryllnd, sit
ting as Court of Equity Ordered, that
the complainant, Mildred R. Gibbs, by
causingA . copy of 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 nom
resident defendane 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 1st
day of April, A. D. 1921, next, to show
cause, if any he has. why a decree
ought not to be passed as prayed.
SUMMERFIELD D. HALL,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Prince Georges County, Md.
True Copy-Test:
S. D. HALL, Clerk. Feb11 81