Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-05-22
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SITTING AS A
COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 1913 Equity.

SITTING AS A
COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 1913 Equity.
TO THE HONORABLE, THE
JUDGES OF SAID COURT:
The object of these proceedings
is to have a certain deed dated
May &c, 1887, from the Washing
ton Grove Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia and Maryland
a corporation, to Jennie l.. Hough-
ton, conveying Lot No. Is in Block
No. IL, in a subdivision of land
in Montgomery County, Maryland
called Washington Grove as per
plat thereof in Plat Book No. 1 on
Plat No. 20, recorded among the
Land Records of said Montgomery
County in Liber 668 at folios 438
ct. seq, vacated, annulled, can
celled, and set aside and the lands
therein described conveyed to the
Plaintiff.
The Bill in substance states as
follows:
1. That the Plaintiff is over
Tile dHt Ol Il years.
2. That all of the corporate de-
PENDANTS above named are corpo-
rations of the State of Maryland.
8. That the defendant, the Town
of Washington Grove, a CORPORA
ton, is the successor to and has
succeeded to the property rights
of the said Defendant, the said
Washington Grove Association Of
the District of Columbia and Mary
land, corporation.
d. That the said last mentioned
corporations by mistake and through
error conveyed the aforesaid lot
of land and also Lots No. 25, 26.
and North 1914 #. of Lot No. "a
in Block IL. in said subdivision to
the said Jennie L. Houghton by
the deed aforesaid.
5. And that said deed was never
actually delivered to the said Jen-
ME L. Houghton, was not placed
of record by her, and that she
never paid the said Grantor for
said deed or the lands therein de-
scrihed, and that she never pur-
chased said lands, and that she
never parted with any considera-
ton of any kind whatsoever for
said conveyance and never knew
that said deed had ben executed in
her favor and placed of record as
aforesaid.
6. That the said Jennie L.
Houghton departed this life, a
widow, intestate, during the month
of November, 1916, resident of
Montgomery County, Maryland,
and left no parents, children, issue,
descendants, ancestors, brothers,
sisters, or any children or descend
ants of brothers or sisters, and
left no relations or kindred within
the 9Th degree of relationship, as
set forth in Section 143 of Article
SO of Bagby's 1889 Annotated Code
of the Public Laws of the State
of Maryland, and the said defend
ant, the County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, under and by
virtue of the law aforesaid, had
she died seized or possessed of any
property, would be entitled to re-
ceive the same for the use of the
public schools of said Montgomery
County, and is thus made a party
to this suit.
Z. That a certain, Wilson H.
Houghton, now deceased, the
father of the plaintiff, purchased
all of the lots mentioned in the
aforesaid deed from the defendant,
the Washington Grove Association
of the District of Columbia and
Maryland, including said Lot No.
Is in Block No. IL, and paid said
corporation for said lots and all
of said lots were conveyed to the
said Wilson H. Houghton by the
said Washington Grove Associa-
ton of the District of Columbia
and Maryland, except the afore-
said lot No. Is, in Block No. IL
by deeds executed and delivered
and recorded among the Land Rec
ords of said County prior to the
execution and recording of the
aforesaid deed filed herewith. as
plaintiffs exhibit No. L., which
deeds to the said Wilson H. Hough-
ton are as follows: H9
A. Deed dated November 81.
1923, conveying said lots No. Is.
26, in Block No. IL which deed
is of record among the Land
Records of said County in Liber
No. 344 at folio 10 etc, ~ ap
B. Deed dated July 81, 1925,
conveying North 1871 feet by
full depth of Lot No. "a in Block
No. IL, which deed is of record
among the Land Records. of said
County in Liber No. 1872 at
folios 452, etc.
That the aforesaid Lot No. Is, in
Block IL, was not included in
either one of the last two men
toned deeds through error and
noistaka of the Officers NJ the