Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-13
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to pro-
cure a declaratory judgment de-
termining the order of death of
Ross H. Snyder, Jane Russell Sny-
der, and Jane Ann Snyder, and to
determine the persons entitled to
receive the real estate and personal
property which they, or any Of
them, owned at the time of their
death, and to determine the proper
distribution of certain life insur-
ance policies upon the lives of said
decedents; and further to procure
decree appointing a receiver to
take charge of all of the real es-
tate mentioned in the said bill to
preserve or dispose of the same
under the direction of the Court,
and further requesting the Court
to take jurisdiction of the personal
estate of the said decedents, and
for such other and further relief
as may be required.
The bill states that on November
%, 1916, Ross H. Snyder and Jane
Russell Snyder, were residents
upon, and owners as tenants by the
entireties, of real estate in Mont
gomery County, Maryland, being a
farm of about 266 acres, with i'm
provements, acquired by deed of
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore,
recorded in Liber No. 855 at folio
243, and subject to mortgage to
the Federal Land Bank of Balti-
more. That their adopted children,
Robert Whitlock Snyder and Jane
Ann Snyder, both under the ages
of eighteen years, resided with
them, and that upon said date the
said Robert Whitlock Snyder did
unlawfully kill his said foster par
ents and the SAID Jane Ann Sny-
der, by means of a shotgun. The
bill states upon the information
and belief of the petitioners that
Jane Ann Snyder was the first to
die; but that they have been un-
able to determine which of her
adopted parents survived the other.
The bill of complaint states fur
Their that Ross H. Snyder left a
will duly probated in the Orphans
Court for Montgomery County,
leaving all of his estate to his
wife; and that George A. Hospidor
has qualified to be the Admins
traitor c. t. a. The bill further
states that Thomas C. Kelley has
been appointed by the Orphans
Court as the administrator of the
estate of Jane Russell Snyder, who
died intestate; and that George A.
Hospidor has been appointed by
said Orphans Court to be the ad-
ministrator of the estate of Jane
Ann Snyder, who died intestate.
That the personal estate of the
said Ross H. Snyder and Jane Rus
sell Snyder, being administered
upon as aforesaid, includes cash in
the hands of the said George A.
Hospidor, Administrator, in the
amount of approximately $2,O00.00
] That the life of Jane Russell
Snyder was insured by two insur-
ance policies, each in the amount
of 100000, payable to Ross II.
Snyder, and each with the proviso
that if no beneficiary shall survive
the insured, payment shall be made
in the one case to the insured, and
in the other to the executors or
administrators of the insured. That
the life of Ross H. Snyder was in
sured by two insurance policies,
one in the amount of 100000, and
the other in the amount of ST.
100000, in each of which his wife
was the beneficiary, if living,
otherwise in equal shares to Rob
ert Whitlock Snyder and Jane Ann
Snyder, otherwise to the executors
or administrators of the insured.
| The bill of complaint alleges that
Robert w. Snyder, having muir
dered his adopted parents and
their adopted daughter, cannot in
herit, nor can he take as benefi-
ciary under any of the life insur-
ance policies. The bill of complaint
recites in substance that, subject
to the proper administration of the
estates of the said decedents, Mar
garet Rodier Russell, mother of
the said Jane Russell Snyder, will
ultimately acquire the properties
Oh Lue Sdlu utCtueIIS, uIlleSS anu
except in the event that Jane Ann
Snyder shall have survived both
of her said foster parents, in
which event the said estates would
descend and be distributable ulti-
mately to the brothers and sisters
of her adopted parents, namely:
Rhoda r. Ruddach, Edna r. An
derson, David McCreary Russell,
Marguerite II. Connors, II. Haig
Russell, Jean c. Snyder, and Emma
S. Pierson.
That Ross G.. Snyder, one of the
named defendants, is the son of a
deceased brother Of Ross H. Sny-
der. The bill further states that
David McCreary Russell and Mar
garet Rodier Russell are mentally
incompetent and that Henry H.
Russell is the guardian of the for
mer, and Thomas c. Kelley is the
committee or trustee for the man.
agement of the property of the
other.
That pending determination Of
the order Of death, there is no one
authorized to take charge of and
manage the property of the dece-
dents, which is unproductive and
subject TO vandalism and the i'll
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