Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-08

and final settlement was to he
made 80 days after date, attwhich
time the balance Of 100000 was
to be paid to the plaintiffs; that
the defendants Cossentine have adj
vised the plaintiffs that they do
not have good and understandable
title to said land Because said title
is based upon a tax title, in that
Clarence H. Hoskinsoni purchased
said land for State and County
taxes unpaid for the year 1918 in
April, 1919, which land was sold
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., OF April 81, 1921, as rex
corded in Liber 3O4, at Folio 1867.
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 Takorna
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 1920, but no deed was
given to said Virginia Woodin;
that on. May 6, 1924, and on May
II, 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 or a deed given; that
Meyer B. Newman died, testate,
June a, 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 u 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 evadedG
the performance of their agreekr
ment and have refused to pay to
the plaintiffs the sum of $4,000. Co.,
although the time limit for per-
Torrance of said contract is past
and the plaintiffs. are able and
willing tc deliver to the defend
ants Cossentine deed conveying
said land by good and mechant-t
able title that the plaintiffs
have a good and merchant
able title TO the land described in
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 VIGOROUSLY 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 Tak0ma
Park, is an incorporated Town Of
the State of Maryland; that the
defendants, Joseph L. Harley and
Virginia WoOdin, are noH-fesidenrs
Of the State of Maryland, but their
addresses are unknown to yutiF
Orators and it is unknown wfeSher
they be living or dead; that the
defendants, abraham Newman.
Edward A. Newman and Mae
Newman UlIman, are all n0n-resi-
dents of the, State. of Maryland,
and when last heard from were
residing q in the State Of New
York, State Of New Jersey ard 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 deereed to pay unto the plain
lifts the purchase money agreed
to be paid and to accept from the
plaintiffs a conveyance of said
land, and for such other and fur
Their relief as the plaintiffs case
may require.
It is, thereupon, this 18th day
IF 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 week
for four successive weeks before
the 18th 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 OF 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,
10 be and appear in this Court, in
person or by solicitor, on or before
the It'll day of May, 1913, to an
swer the Premises and show cause,
if any they have, why a decree
ought not to be passed as prayed.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
TrIlp COnv-TaSf.