Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-29
STATION & wHALEy, Solicitors.
ORDER OF PUBLICA,
James r. Bishop

Ezekiel j. Derrickson, ct al.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County, Maryland. No. 1882 Chan
Gerry. March Term, 1922. To wit:
April 5th, 1922.
The object of this suit is to procure
decree for the sale Of the real estate
of which Laura Hester Davis, late Of
Worcester County, Maryland, died
seized.
The bill states:
!. That said Laura Hester Davis
was in her lifetime indebted to the
plaintiff in the sum Of sixty-two dol
lars on an open account flied with the
Bill OF Complaint and marked Exhi-
bit "a"
.. That the said Laura Hester
Davis being so indebted and also be-
ing indebted to other persons in other
sums Of money and having real estate
of great value died about August 10,
1921, leaving a last will and tesla
ment by which she gave. devised and
bequeathed unto Ezekiel j. Derrick
son and Vernon I. Harrison, share
and share alike, all her property and
estate Of whatsoever description and
wherever located, whether real or
personal, subject to the interest of j.
William Davis, her husband, which
will was duly admitted TO probate in
the Orphans Court of Worcester
County. Maryland, August %. 1921,
and letters testamentary issued to ].
William Davis. z copy of said will
being filed with the Bill of Complaint
marked Exhibit "B," and a certificate
of said letters testamentary being
filed with the Bill of Complaint and
marked Exhibit &C"
3. That the real estate, of which
said Laura Hester Davis died seized,
consisted of a lot and improvements
in Bishopville, Worcester County,
Maryland. conveyed to said Laura
Hester Davis then Laura Hester
Gray, under the name of Hester Gray,
by Charles c. Jingle and wife by deed
dated December 18th, 1871. recorded
among the land records of Worcester
County, Maryland, in Liber |. I. NJ,
No. ,. folio /, certified copy of
which deed is filed with the Bill of
Complaint and marked Exhibit 3D.
!. That the personal estate of the
said Laura Hester Davis is not suffi-
cient TO pay in full the debts owing
by the said Laura Hester Davis in her
lifetime, as will more fully appear by
a certificate of inSutficiency of assets
from the Register of Wills of Wor-
oester County aforesaid filed with the
Bill of Complaint and marked Exhi
bit r."
s. That there is still due to the
plaintiff on said debt a sum in excess
Of twenty dollars after the exhaustion
Of the personal estate aforesaid.
g. That the plaintiff 5 advised that
he is entitled 10 have the deficiency
in his claim paid from the real estate
of the decedant.
:. That the said Ezekiel J. Der
rickson and J. William Davis are
adults over the age of twenty-one
wears and reside in Worcester County,
Mar! ianG. and tiIai tiI- saiI "eTHoss.
T. Harrison is an infant under the
age Of twenty-one years and is non
resident Of the State of Maryland, re-
siding in the City of Philadelphia in
the State Of Pennsylvania.
1t is thereupon this 9Th day of
April. 1922, ordered by the Circuit
Court for Worcester County. Mary
land. sitting in Equity, that the plain
tiff by causing q copy Of this order to
be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in Worcester County once in
each Of four successive weeks before
the sth day Of May. 1922. give notice
10 the said absent defendant of the
object and substance of said Bill
warning him TO appear in this Court
in person or by solicitor on or before
tie 29th day OF May, 1922, to show
cause if any he has why decree
ought not TO be passed as prayed.
OLIVER d. COLLINS, Clerk.
True Copy. Test
OLIVER d. COLLINS, Clerk.