Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-03-25

in the name of Joseph l.: Harley
the then record owner, and the
said Hoskinson received a deed
for the same from Berry E. Clark
Clerk to the County Commission,
ers, ETC., or April 81, 1921, as re-
corded in Liber 304, at Folio 1O5:
that after said sale to Hoskinson.
but prior to the date on which he
received his deed, Ben G. Davis.
Treasurer of the Town of Takoma
Park, sold said land, then titled in
the name of Joseph L. Harley, to
Virginia Woodin on May 10, 1920
for Town taxes due and owing for
the year 1919-2O, but no deed was
given to said Virginia Woodin:
that on May 6, 1924, and on Max,
III, 1926, the Town of Takoma
Park attempted to sell the alleged
interest of Virginia Woodin for
Town taxes supposedly due and in
arrears for the years 1924 and
1925-26 to certain Meyer B.
Newman; neither of which sales
were ratified OF a deed given; that
Meyer B. Newman died, testate,
June 4, 1881, leaving as his heirs
at law, Abraham Newman, Ed
ward A. Newman and Mae New
man Ullman, and that under his
Will the residue of his estate was
left to Abraham Newman and Ed
ward A. Newman, who thereafter
conveyed a 70 interest to Mae
Newman Ullman; that because of
said alleged defects in title to the
land described in said Agreement
the said defendants, Erwin E. Co.'S
sentine and Mildred p. Cossentine,
his wife, have delayed and evaded
the performance of their agree
ment and have refused to pay to
the plaintiffs the sum of $4,000
although the time limit for per-
Torrance of said contract is past
and the plaintiffs are able and
willing to deliver to the defend
ants Cossentine a deed conveying
said land by a good and mechant-
able title that the plaintiffs
have a good and merchant
able title to the land described in5
said agreement, having acquired
title by deed from Elizabeth S.
Hoskinson, and that the plaintiffs
and their predecessors in title have
had said land in their possession
openly, continuously, adversely
and notoriously for a period of
more than 20 years; that the de-
PENDANTS, Erwin E. Cossentine and
Mildred P. Cossentine, his wife,
are adults and residents of Mont
gomery County, Maryland; that
the defendant, Town of Takoma
Park, is an Incorporated Town of
the State of Maryland; that the
defendants, Joseph L. Harley and
Virginia Woodin, are non-residents
of the State of Maryland, but their
addresses are unknown to your
Orators and it is unknown whether
they be living or dead; that the
defendants, Abraham Newman,
Edward A. Newman and Mae
Newman Ullman, are all non-resi-
dents of the State of Maryland,
and when last heard from were
residing in the State of New
York, State of New Jersey and the
District of Columbia, respectively.
The bill then prays that said
agreement be specifically enforced,
and that Erwin E. Cossentine and
Mildred P. Cossentine, his wife,
be decreed to pay unto the plain-i
tiffs the purchase money agreed
to be paid and to accept from the
plaintiffs conveyance of said
land, andl for such other and fur
Their relief as the plaintiffs case
may require. 20
1t is, thereupon, this 18th day
of March, 1913, ordered by the
Circuit Court for Montgomery,
County, as a Court of Equity, that
the plaintiffs by causing a copy
of this Order to be inserted in
some newspaper published in said
Montgomery County once a week
for four successive weeks before
the 10Th day of April, 1913, giving
notice to the nonresident defend
ants, Joseph L. Harley, Virginia
Woodin, Abraham Newman, Ed
ward A. Newman and Mae New
man Ullman, their heirs or as
signs, or any one claiming by,
from or under them, of the object
and substance of this bill and
warning them, and each of them,
to lie and appear in this Court, in
person or by solicitor, on or before
the 18th day of May, 1913, to an
swer the Premises and show cause,
if any they have, why decree,
ought not to be passed as prayedS
n CLAYTON X. WATKINS, :
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON K. WATKINS, &.
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