Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-04-29
Order of Publication
M. Jennie Drum. Plaintiff

VS..
Henry M. Musser, Mary E. Musser,
Susie M. Thompson; Walter E.
Thompson. Frances M. NARROW,
Julius B. MARROW, Anna Laurie Ste
VEINS, Neill G. Stevens, Minnie M.
Hachten, John S. Hachten, Mary
Jett Cooper, w. T. Cooper, Will
liam Fairfax Burial, Harrison De-
Witt Burial, Annie C. Musser; and
Unknown Heirs of William Musser,
Defendants.
IN TILE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
No. 1928 Equity.
The object of this suit is to obtain
decree for the sale, for purposes
of partition, of the lands and prem
ises the reversionary interest in
which the late William Musser died
seized and possessed; and for gen
eral relief.
The bill states in substance: that
William Musser died about Septem-
Der 8, 1891, leaving a will which
was admitted to probate in the
Orphans Court of Montgomery Coun-
ty, Maryland, but which made no dis
position of real estate; that at one
time said William Musser owned the
parcel of land situated in Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, described in
deed from Nicholas Gassaway,
Trustee, to William Musser, recorded
in Liber S. T. S. No. 1, folio 4O2,
of the land records of said county ;
that by deed recorded in Liber j. "A.
No. 81, folio 438, said Musser con-
veyed life estate in part of said
property, and IL acres thereof in fee
simple (subject to a life estate in
himself) to certain of his children
(who are now dead) in joint ten
ancy; that said William Musser, a
widower, died intestate as to said
property, which now consists of
about II acres, being the remaining
quantity after deducting the aggre-
gate of the parcels described in
three certain deeds, viz: deed from
from Sarah M. Musser and others
to Charles C. Crawford, recorded in
Liber T. D. No. 81, folio So; deed
from Sarah M. Musser and others
to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, recorded in Liber J; 1. B
No. 1874, folio A; and deed from
j. Forest Walker, Treasurer, and
another to Ethel w. Spates, record
ed in Liber No. 588, folio 1876, all
references being to land records of
said county; that the heirs at law
of said William Musser are: the
plaintiff, M. Jennie Drum, sole heir
at law of Flavel Musser, deceased
son of William; grandson, defend
ant Henry M. Musser, who married
defendant Mary E. Musser; grand
daughter, defendant Susie M. Thomp-
son, who married defendant Walter
E. Thompson; a granddaughter, de-
PENDANT Frances IN. MARROW, who
married defendant Julius B. MARROW
granddaughter, defendant Anna
Laurie Stevens, who married de
PENDANT Neill G. Stevens; grand
daughter, defendant Minnie M.
Hachten, who married defendant
John S. Hachten; a great-grand-
daughter, defendant Mary Jett Coop
err, who married defendant w. T.
Cooper; two great-grandsons, de-
PENDANT William Fairfax Burial and
defendant Harrison Dewitt Burial,
both unmarried; a granddaughter,
defendant Annie G. Musser, unmar-
ried; also certain great-grandchil-
dren, the children Of one Sadie Ran
dali, a deceased daughter of George
Musser, deceased son of said Will
liam, and whose names and places OF
residence are not certainly known
to plaintiff, who therefore sues them
the children of one William Musser,
as unknown heirs of William Mus
ser; also certain great-grandchildren
deceased son of the said George
Musser, and whose names and places
of residence are not certainly known
to plaintiff, who therefore sues
them as unknown heirs of William
Musser; and plaintiff AYERS that
there are other heirs of said Will
liam Musser to her unknown.
It is thereupon, this 9th day OF
April, 1887, by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, as Court
of Equity, ordered that plaintiff, by
causing a copy of this order to be
inserted in some newspaper published
in said county once in each of four
successive weeks before the 9th day
of May, 1887, give notice to the
defendants Susie M. Thompson and
Walter E. Thompson, residing in the
State of Virginia; defendants Anna
Laurie Stevens and Neill G. Stevens
residing in the State of Alabama
defendants Minnie M. Hachten and
John S. Hachten, residing in the
State of California; defendants Mary
lett Cooper, W. T. Cooper and Har-
rison Dewitt Burial, residing in the
State of New Mexico; defendant
William Fairfax Burial residing in
the State of Massachusetts; defend
ant Annie C. Musser, residing in the
District of Columbia, all non-resi.
dents of the State of Maryland; and
to all of the unknown heirs of Will
liam Musser, late Of Montgomery
County, Maryland, deceased, of the
object and substance Of this bill
warning them to be and appear in
this Court, in person or by solicitor
on or before the 25th day Of May
1897. next, to show cause, II any
thew have, why decree ought not
70 he passed as prayed.