Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-03-09

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The object of this petition 10 70
secure an order authorizing the nett
toner to abandon portions of the sinh
divisions of lands known as "Sonne-
mann's Partition of Chevy Chase
Maryland" and "Sonnemann's Adj
ton to Chevy Chase, Maryland"
The petition states that a certain
Ottmann Sonnemann, being the
owner of a tract or parcel Of land
situate in Montgomery County. in tbe
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
nlnety-four, said plat being recorded
among the land records of said
county in Plat Book No. l, Plat
No. IT.
That said Ottmann Sonnemarr
subdivided another portion of said
land and called it "Sonnemann's Al
dition to Chevy Chase, MARYLAND
and filed plats of said subdivision in
accordance with said law mentioned
in Paragraph No. 1, said plat being
recorded among the land records Of
said county in Plat Book No. 1. Plat
No. AZ, which said plat also included
the land subdivided by Plat No. II.
d" That said Gilman Sonnemann de.
vised all of his real estate to his wife
heDecca Sonnemann, in fee simple.
That said Rebecca Sonnemann de-
vised all of her real estate to Theo-
dore Sonnemann and Alexander n
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
7. 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-fve one-hundredths feet
nE Lot Aav l. l. l..
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
John W. Chapel; Lot numbered 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
Michael 4 An Mes. 'aabered sixteen to
AAiSho1CA "a HucSS, all Oh Uf1tItI aesd late
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 as per said Plat No. AZ
all of which will fully appear by ref
erence to copy of said Plats filed
- No. l."
mat your petitioner is now the
owner of all the land included in botf
OF said subdivisions except the por
TONS thereof conveyed by Ottmani
4 Sonnemann and Rebecca Sonnemanl
i IN their lifetime, and he desires t.
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 Pla
No. AZ and laid down on sal
Exhibit No. /" and shown by tn
Matched areas, and open in the plac
OF the portions of SAID street to b
closed the streets shown by the tinte
areas on said Exhibit No. l."
mat no person can be damaged b,
the abandonment of said portions o
SAID streets except the Franklin Ma
tional Bank and the owners of sai,
Lots numbered one to seven. botb in
elusive, and the said Franklin Ma
tlonal Bank and the trustees unde
the deed of trust securing its debt
and the respective owners of all o.
SAID lots numbered one to seven, in
elusive, have consented to said aban
comment 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 Streets
as will appear by reference to the
letter from said Commission to your
petitioner filed with the petition
marked Exhibit No. q"
IL IS thereupon this 26th day OF
February, A. D. 1923, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as a
court of Equity, and by the author
lty thereof, ordered that the petit
tioner by causing copy of this order
+. 10 pc inserted in some newspaper
published in said Montgomery Coun
ty once in each of three successive
weeks before the 31st day of March
. A. ID. 1928, give notice of the sub
stance and object of this petition anc
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
II 1928, in person or by solicitor, t
show cause, if any they have, why al
order or decree should not be passed
as prayed.
II EDWARD c. PETER,
Judge of the Circuit Court for