The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-04-21
Order of Publication
NO. 1872 EQUITY.

ty, in Equity.
John T. Stoner, executor and trustee
of Henry A. Little, deceased, Plain
tiff, VS.. Joseph V. Little and others,
Defendants.
The object of this writ is to procure
a decree for the assumption of jur-
isdiction by the Circuit Court for Car
roll County, in Equity, of the admins
tratiOn OF the estate of Henry A. Little,
deceased, and of the trust created by
his will; and of the property in the
hands of the said John T. Stoner as
the executor and trustee under the
will of said Henry A. Little, deceased,
and of the distribution and delivery
of said property among the brothers
and sisters of the said Henry A. Little,
and their personal representatives,
and other the unknown brothers and
sisters of said Henry V. Little, de-
ceased, and other the several and re-
spective unknown issue, spouses, eX
ecutors and administrators of the
dead brothers and sisters of said Hen
ry A. Little; and to have the true
meaning of the will of the said Henry
A. Little, deceased, ascertained and
declared.
The bill states that Henry A. Little
died testate, and his will was admitted
to probate the the Orphans Court OF
Frederick County on December 5th,
1916, and John r. Stoner, who resides
in Carroll County, in the State of
Maryland, was appointed the executor
and trustee under said will, and duly
bonded, qualified and acted as such
executor, and stated his final account
as such executor in the Orphans
Court of Frederick County on March
2Gth 1913.
That the will of the said Henry A.
Little after providing for the payment
of his debts, funeral charges and cost
of administration on his estate, gave
the residue to said John T. Stoner in
trust for the benefit of the wife Of
the testator, Lydia r. Little, for life !;
and that the true amount of the cor
pus of said trust estate coming into
the hands of the said John 7. Stoner
as trustee was $13, $685., of which
S941.34 was accrued income payable,
and thereafter paid, to said life ten
, ant, and the remaining $12,G9S.51 was
the principal; and that on this prin-
cipal amount the income received
prior to the death OF Lydia r. Little,
including said $941.34, was $2577.96;
and the income since her death is
$49616, making $3074.12 in all, of
which all save $49616 was paid to
Lydia r. Little during her life.
That since the death of the life ten
ant John T. Stoner, trustee, has con-
yerted all his securities into money,
and made a gain thereby of $4165O,
and transferred to Viola =. .Stoner
five shares of stock in the Farmers
Exchange of Union Bridge bequeatheG
TO her, leaving $13,065.01 of principal
and $496.16 of income in his hands
for distribution; and this fund is dis
tributable under the will of testator,
after a bequest of $500 or Trustee OF
the Church of the Brethren New Side
at Beaver DAM Frederick County, to
the living brothers and sisters of tes-
tator of the whole blood, share and
share alike, and in the event of the
death of any brother or sister before
testator leaving any child or children
surviving, then such share of such
brother or sister to go to such child
or children as if said brother or sis
ter were living at the death of tesla
tor.
That the said John 7. Stoner, trus-
tee, has made diligent inquiry and
investigation, and he finds that at the
death of the testator the following
brothers and a sister survived him:
Joseph V. Little, Frank l.. Little, Will
liam Little, Thomas Little, all non
residents of Maryland and living III
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resident of the State of Maryland, and
living in West Virginia; and all Of
said five being now living and adults
and Edward Little, brother of tesla
tor, who died since the testator's
death but before the death of Lydia
r. Little; and C. +. Little, a brother
OF testator, who died since the testator
but before said Lydia r. Little. All OF
said brothe&S and sisters were of the
whole blood.
That said Edward Little died leav-
ing surviving him and now living the
following children: Henry Little, Mark
Little, Martina Breth, Minnie Heller,
all non-residents of Maryland, living
in West Virginia, and Paul NJ. Little, 4
nonresident of Maryland, living in
Pennsylvania but said trustee can
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or intestate; whether or not he was
survived by a widow; whether or not
any administration was had on his
estate; or whether or not he has any
other issue than that given.
That said c. T.. Little died leaving
surviving him a widow, Harriet NJ. Lit
tie, nonresident of Maryland, living
in Pennsylvania, and the following
children: Kaylor Little and Raymond
Little, both nOn-residents of Maryland,
living in Pennsylvania; that c. Z. Lit
tie died testate, and letters C. t. a. have
been granted to said Harriet NJ. Lit
tie, who claims and demands the in
e terest of her husband, but the con-
tents of said will of c. +. Little are
unknown to said trustee, and he does
not know whether or not said c. L.
Little has any other issue now sur
viving, nor does he know who are the
distributes and legatees under the
will of said c. +. Little.
That the said John 7. Stoner, trus-
tee, has set out in said bill all his in
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