Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-05-02
Order of
Publication

In the Matter of the Petition Cd
George Y. Worthington, Jr., fol-
the abandonment of parts OF
Blocks 81" and tx" and part OF
Flint Drive in. a subdivision
of land called "Westgate."
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
SITTING AS A COURT
OF EQUITY.
No. 9429 Equity.
The object of this Petition is to
secure an order of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
sitting as a Court of Equity,
authorizing and empowering the
Petitioner to abandon Lots One
to Five, both inclusive, Block "K''
as per Plat Book Is, Plat 852,
Lots Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty
one and portions of Lots Twenty
two and Twenty-eight, Block "J'
as per Plat Book Is, Plat 958;
also Lots Nineteen and Thirty,
Block 81" as per Plat Book 16,
Plat 1017; and also that portion
of Flint Drive lying South of the
extension westwardly of the divid-
ing line between Lots Five and
Six, Block "K," as said lots and
streets are shown upon the vari-
Gus plats referred to and to re-
convert the same into acreage.
The Petition states that Pc
titioner is the owner of Lots One
to Five, Both inclusive, Block "K,"
as shown upon plat of the SUBJ
division called "Westgate," record
ed among the land records of said
County in Plat Book 10, Plat 852;
and is also the owner of Lot Nine
teen, Block 81" as shown upon
other plats of parts of said sub
division recorded in Plat Book 16,
Plat 1017 and Plat Book Is, Plat
958; and of lots Twenty-nine and
Thirty, Block 81" as per Plat
Book 16, Plat 1017; That lots
Twenty, Twenty-one and parts Of
Twenty-Five as per Plat Book is,
Plat 958, now constitute Lot
Thirty, Block 81" as per Plat
Book 16, Plat 1017; that Lots
Twenty-nine and Thirty-one, as
per Plat Book 16, Plat 1O17, are
composed of portions of Lots
Twenty-Five and Twenty-eight, as
per Plat Book Is, Plat 958, and
that the remainder of said Lots
Twenty-Five and Twenty-eight and
the whole of Lots Twenty and
Twenty-nine, as per Plat Book Is,
Plat 958, are abandoned in fact
as separate lots and are now in
cluded within the bounds of and
entirely composing said Lot Thirty
as hereinbefore mentioned; and is
also the owner of that portion of
Flint Drive lying between said
lots; that the same does not con-
meet with any public or private
highway or thoroughfare and its
Southeasterly end and is in pro-
cess of improvement from New
port Avenue, as shown on said
plats, southerly to the production
toward the West of the division
line between lots Five and Six
Block "K"; that said lots were
acquired by Petitioner by various
deeds recited in the Petition, GER
titled copies of which are filed
Herewith and that the lots, as
shown upon the several plats men,
toned, are laid down upon COM
posite plat filed with the Petition
and marked Exhibit One; that
Lots Six, Seven and Eight, Block
"K," being the only lots in said
Block fronting on any part of
Flint Drive, are owned by Will
liam Sands; that Lots Nine and
Ten, Block "K," which front on
Newport Avenue, but the former
of which also abuts on the North
ern portion of Flint Drive, are
owned by w. Wallace Chiswell
that Lot Thirty-one, Block ~
being the northerly fifty five feet
by the full depth of Lot Twenty
two as shown upon the earlier
plat referred to in Petition, be-
longs to Frank w. Gwathmey;
and Lots Twenty-Five, Twenty-six
and Twenty-seven, Block a." are
also owned by w. Wallace CHS.
we'll, certified copies of the several
deeds by which the same were
conveyed being filed with the pc.
tition; That the remainder Of
Block ~" consisting of Lots Nine
teen and Thirty, as per Plat Book
16 Plat 1017, and Lots Nineteen
Twenty, Twenty-one and Twenty.
nine and also the portion of said
former lots Twenty-Five and TWEEN
ty-eight not included within the
bounds of presents Twenty Nine
and Twenty One, are all the prop
erty of the Petitioner under vari-
GUS deeds referred to; that all
the lots herein mentioned are un-
encountered except Lot eight,
Block "K," which is subject to a
deed of trust from William Sands
to Gibson and Copenhaver, Trus-
tees, to secure Northwestern Fed
eral Savings and Loan Associa-
ton, Six thousand dollars; and
Lot Six, Block OK" which is sub
ject> to a deed of trust from the
said William Sands to George Y.
Worthington, Jr., and S. Cooper
Dawson, Trustees, to secure note
for Fifty two Hundred and Fifty
dollars now owned by Petitioner
That the parties in interest in
the various lots herein mentioned
other than Petitioner and those
holding encumbrances thereon are
willing to have the said land
owned by Petitioner abandoned as
part of said subdivision and that
the Washington Suburban Sani-