Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1944-01-06

David c. Johnson,
Plaintiffs,
VS..
Gilbert Hall and others,
Defendants.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
No. 10945 Equity.
The object Of this suit is to pro-
cure a decree for the sale of GER
tain real estate, situate in Mont
gomery County, State of Mary
land, and to declare a lien against
said property in favor of the plain
tiffs, and to pay from the proceeds
of the sale the lien of the plain
tiffs and to distribute same among
the parties entitled thereto.
The bill states in substance, that
John T. Hall on the 18th day of
December, 1928, died intestate
seized and possessed of tract of
land in Montgomery County, State
of Maryland, containing ten and
three-fourths (10%) acres and
fifteen (15) perches of land, more
or less, and which is more partic-
ularly mentioned and described in
a certain deed from Henry Griffith
of NJ, widower, to John T. Hall
and Harriet v. Hall dated March
1, A. d. 1916, and duly recorded
among the Land Records of said
Montgomery County in Liber No
254, folio 280, one of the Land
Records of said Montgomery
County, the said Harriet v. Hall,
the wife of the said John T. Hall,
having predeceased her said hus-
band on May IL, 1925. That the
heirs-at-law and next of kin of
the said John T. Hall are as fol-
lows: The plaintiffs, Maria L.
johnson and David C. Johnson,
her husband, and the defendants,
Littleton M. Harriday, Littleton
M. Harriday, Jr., Herbert Harri-
day, Harriet L. Harriday, Isaiah
Harriday and David Lloyd Harri-
day, all of whom reside in How
ard County, State of Maryland,
Beatrice Hall, Victoria Hall Nor
rell and Ray Morrell, her husband,
Shirley Hall, Dorothy Hall Lip
comb and Mckinley Lipcomb, her
husband, and John S. Hall, all of
whom reside in the City of Balti-
more, State of Maryland, Carrie
L. Hall Wanser is a resident of
Fauquier County, State of Vir-
ginia, and is nonresident Of the
State Of Maryland, and Charles
Hall and Lydia S. Hall are resi-
dents of Norfolk County, State of
Virginia, and are non-residents of
the State of Maryland, and Sarah
X. Hall is a resident of the Dis
trict of Columbia and a non-resi-
dent of the State of Maryland.
That on the 1st day of March,
A. D. 1917, said John T. Hall and
Harriet V. Hall, his wife, bor-
rowed from the said David C.
johnson and Maria L. johnson the
sum Of Four Hundred Dollars
($400) and gave as security for
the same a mortgage upon the
lands and premises mentioned in
these proceedings and which mort
gage was duly recorded among
the Land Records of said Mont
gomery County in Liber No. 265,
folio 484, one of the Land Records
of said County, and no interest
and none of the principal has been
paid from that date to the date of
filing of this suit. That the plaintiffs
have also paid to the Treasurer of
Montgomery County the taxes on
said property on the following
dates and in the following
amounts: December 20, 1928,
$10.18; January A, 1928, $11.81;
December 10, 1928, $15.13; De-
cember 30, 1880, $15.08; December
"a, 1882, $12.87; December 16,
1888, $10.18; October a, 1884,
$10.96; November 7, 1886, $16.39;
December II, 1896, $13.85: No
vember s, 1887, 1880; December
II, 1888, $13.66; January 3, 1910,
$14.00; December 20, 1910, 1888;
November 6, 1941, 1881; March
5, 1913, $20.63; also, the plaintiffs
have paid to Roy w. Barber,
Undertaken, $181.00 for the
funeral expenses of said John T.
Hall and $18.75 to DR.. v. H. Dyson
for medical care Of John T. Hall;
that the land and premises men,
toned in these proceedings were
sold on the 18th day of April, 1892,
to the County Commissioners Of
Montgomery County for State and
County taxes for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1881, and which
sale was duly reported to and rati-
fled by this Honorable Court as
will appear by reference to Item
a, Miscellaneous Petitions No.
1141, filed in the office of the Clerk
of this Honorable Court and said
tax sale was not discovered until
recently and it was necessary for
the plaintiffs to purchase the tax
title for the benefit of themselves
and all the other parties to this
suit, which they did and for which
they expended the sum of sixty
six dollars and forty-six cents
($66.46), and the cost of record
ing the deed, and the plaintiffs
allege that a lien should be de-
clared on the lands and premises
mentioned in these proceedings in
favor Of them for the amount Of
the aforesaid funeral and doctor
expenses and the taxes paid by
them on said property with inter-
est thereon and the amount neces-
sary to purchase the tax title from