Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-06-19

Mary E. Dryden, Ida M. Ward and
Mack D. Ward, her husband, Laura
B. Birmingham and Walter Britting-
ham, her husband, Willis Dryden, Vi
ola Dryden, William o. Ward and
Lillian Ward, his wife, Mary Ward,
and Mack D. Ward, administrator of
the goods and chattels and personal
estate of Joseph H. Dryden, deceased.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County, Maryland. t'@1
No. 1918 Chancery. ..,,,
The object of this suit is to procure
decree for the sale OF the real es-
ltate of Joseph H. Dryden, late of
Worcester County, Maryland, deceas-
ed, for the payment of the claims of
! his creditors, or of so much thereof as
may be necessary for that purpose.
The plaintiffs sue as we'll for them
selves as for all other creditors of
said Joseph H. Dryden who will come
in and contribute to the expense of
this suit. =
The bill states that the said Joseph
H. Dryden is indebted unto the plain
tiffs in the sum of one hundred and
six dollars ($106.00) for funeral ex-
penses of said decedent, a sworn copy
of the account being exhibited with
the bill.
The bill further states that the said
Joseph H. Dryden during his lifetime
and at the time of his death was pos
sessed of real and personal property,
the real estate having been conveyed
to him by deed from certain Eliza
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ing also exhibited with the bill, and
that the personal estate is insufficient
! to pay the debts of the deceased and
the cost of administration of his es-
tate and the plaintiffs are advised that
they and his other creditors are en-
titled to have their claims paid out of
the real estate of the said Joseph H.
+, Dryden; that being so indebted the
said Joseph H. Dryden departed this
life intestate during the month of
May, 1926, leaving the defendant,
Mary E. Dryden his widow and the
following children, the defendant Ida
M. Ward, who intermarried with the
defendant Mack D. Ward, the defend
ant Laura B. Birmingham, who inter-
married with the defendant Walter
Birmingham and the following grand
children, the defendant Willis Dryden
(unmarried) and the defendant Viola
Dryden (unmarried) children of Jos,
H. Dryden, a deceased son of the said
Joseph H. Dryden, the defendant VIM.
o. Ward, who intermarried with the
defendant Lillian Ward and the
defendant, Mary Ward, children of
Virginia E. Ward, a deceased daugh-
ter of the said Joseph H. Dryden; SUR
viving him that all of the defendants
are Of full age and all reside in the
State of Maryland except the defend
ants William O. Ward and Lillian
War6 his wife, and Mary Ward
The bill further states that letters
of administration on the personal es-
tate of the said deceased have been
Issued to Mack D. Ward of Worcester
County, Maryland. %ss
It is thereupon, this oath day of
May, 1926, ordered by the Circuit
Court for Worcester County, Mary
land, in Equity, that the plaintiff by
causing copy of this order to be in
serted in some newspaper published
in said Worcester County, Maryland,
once in each Of four successive weeks
before the 5th day of July, 1926, give
notice to the said absent defendants
of the object and substance of this
bill warning them to appear in this
court in person or by solicitor on or
before the 23d day Of July, 1926, Ito
show cause, if any they have, why a
decree ought not to be passed as
prayed.
SUE M. COLLINS, Clerk.
True Copy, Test:
SUE M. COLLINS, Clerk.