Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-03-02

Maryland" and "Sonnemann's Ad-
dition to Chevy Chase, Maryland"
In the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, as a Court of Equity.
No. 4039 Equity.
The object of this petition is to
secure an order authorizing the petit
toner to abandon portions of the sub
divisions of lands known as "Sonne-
mann's Partition of Chevy Chase,
Maryland" and "Sonnemann's Addi-
ton to Chevy Chase, Maryland"
The petition states that a certain
Ottmann Sonnemann, being the
owner of tract or parcel of land
situate in Montgomery County, in the
State of Maryland, caused a portion
of the same to be subdivided into
lots, blocks, streets and avenues, and
called said subdivision "Sonnemann's
Partition of Chevy Chase, Maryland"
and filed plats of said subdivision
with the clerk of this Court and with
the County Surveyor under the pro-
visions Of Chapter No. 622 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland passed at the January ses-
sion in the year eighteen hundred and
ninety-four, said plat being recorded
among the land records of said
county in Plat Book No. l, Plat
No. IT.
That said Ottmann Sonnemann
subdivided another portion of said
land and called it "Sonnemann's Ad-
dition to Chevy Chase, Maryland"
and filed plats of said subdivision in
accordance with said law mentioned
in Paragraph No. /, said plat being
recorded among the land records Of
said county in Plat Book No. /, Plat
No. AZ, which said plat also included
the land subdivided by Plat No. IT.
That said Ottman Sonnemann de-
vised all of his real estate to his wife,
Rebecca Sonnemann, in fee simple.
That said Rebecca Sonnemann de-
vised all of her real estate to Theo-
dore Sonnemann and Alexander H.
Sonnemann in trust to sell and dis
pose of the same and divided into
proceeds according to the terms of
the will; and that said trustees in
pursuance of the power contained in
said will sold and conveyed to your
petitioner all of the lands embraced
in both of said subdivisions except
the lots that said Ottmann Some
mann and Rebecca Sonnemann sold
and conveyed in their lifetime.
That said Ottmann Sonnemann and
Rebecca Sonnemann conveyed Lot
numbered one to Theodore Some
mann; Lot numbered two to Alice
Essex; West ten feet of Lot num-
bered three to Alice Essex; East fifty
feet of Lot numbered three to Frank
L. Essex; West twenty feet of Lot
numbered four to Frank T. Essex;
East forty feet of Lot numbered four
to Frederick Sonnemann; Lot num-
bered five to Frederick Sonnemann;
Lot numbered six to Theodore Some
mann; east one hundred and fourteen
and ninety-five one-hundredths feet
of Lot numbered seven to Frederick
Sonnemann; West fifty feet of Lot
numbered seven to Frederick Some
mann, all of which said lots and parts
of lots are situated in the subdivision
called "Sonnemann's Partition of
Chevy Chase" as per said Plat No.
II.
That said Ottmann Sonnemann and
Rebecca Sonnemann also conveyed in
their lifetime Lot numbered eight to
Oohh W. OHdppelJ LOI HuIHUeTeu nine
to John W. Chapel; Lot numbered
ten to Edward o. Cowling; Lot num-
bered eleven to Clotilda Wilson; Lot
numbered twelve to Alex H. Some
mann; Lot numbered thirteen to
Frederick Sonnemann; Lot numbered
fourteen to William Sonnemann; Lot |
numbered fifteen to William Some
mann; Lot numbered sixteen to
Michael A. Mess, all of which said lots |
are situated in the subdivision called |
"Sonnemann's Addition to Chevy
Chase, Maryland" as per plat No. AZ. |
That Lots one to seven, both in
elusive, are located in Block Lettered
A as per said Plat No. II, and the
remainder of the Lots are in Block
Lettered B as per said Plat No. AZ,
all of which will fully appear by ref
erence to a copy of said Plats filed
with the petition marked Exhibit
No. L."
That your petitioner is now the
owner of all the land included in both
of said subdivisions except the por-
tons thereof conveyed by Ottmann
Sonnemann and Rebecca Sonnemann
in their lifetime, and he desires to
abandon that portion of Primrose
Street laid down on said Exhibit
No. l." and shown by the Matched
areas, and that portion of Streets
marked "a" and "b" on said Plat
No. az and laid down on said
Exhibit No. l" and shown by the
Matched areas, and open in the place
of the portions of said street to be
closed the streets shown by the tinted
areas on said Exhibit No. l."
That no person can be damaged by
the abandonment of said portions of
said streets except the Franklin Ma
tional Bank and the owners of said
Lots numbered one to seven, both in
elusive, and the said Franklin Ma
tional Bank and the trustees under
the deed of trust securing its debt,
and the respective owners of all of
said lots numbered one to seven, in.
elusive, have consented to said aban.
donment Of said streets as hereinbe-
fore set forth as will appear by their
written consent on said Exhibit
No. l."
That the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission will approve
the proposed change of the Street,
as will appear by reference to the
letter from said Commission to your
petitioner filed with the petition
marked Exhibit No. g"
II is thereupon this 26th day OF
February, A. d. 1928, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as {
Court of Equity, and by the author
lty thereof, ordered that the peti
toner by causing copy of this ordel
to be inserted in some newspaper
published in said Montgomery Coun
ty once in each of three successiv,
weeks before the 31st day of March
A. ID. 1928, give notice of the sub
stance and object of this petition ant
warning any and all persons inter
ested in the subject matter thereof
to be and appear in this Court on OF
before the 10th day of April A. d
1928, in person or by solicitor, t.
show cause, if any they have, why ar
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