Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-05-12
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

obtain the abandonment for fur
Their public use of the above men,
toned triangular Reservation"
and that portion of Cherry Road
in Block No. 80 in a subdivision of
land in the County and State afore-
said, called Washington Grove,
which lies between the Easterly
most line of Oak Street and the
Westerly most line of Center
Street, as per plat thereof recorded
in Plat Book 1, plat %, of the Land
Records of Montgomery County,
Maryland.
The Petition in substances states
as follows:
That Dorothy 1. Higgins is the
owner of lots No. 5, 6, Z and 8, in
the said Block No. 80, shown on
the plat aforesaid, which she ac-
quired by a deed from Elsie M.
Palmer, widow, dated January 5,
1910, which is of record among said
Land Records in Liber No. 768, at
folios 474, ct. So, and the North
easterly half of the above portion
of Cherry Road which she acquired
by a deed from The Town of Wash
ington Grove, dated March 16,
1949, of record among said Land
Records in Liber No. 1888 at folios
113 ct So,
That the said Edna A. Reber is
the owner of lots No. 1, 2, 8 and A
in said Block No. 80, shown on the
plat aforesaid, which she acquired
by a deed from the Washington
Grove Association of the District
of Columbia and Maryland, to her
and George A. Reber, Jr., (who
has since died) her husband, dated
July IL, 1929, and is of record a
mong said Land Records in Liber
No. 488 at fOlios 26 ct. So, and the
triangular Reservation" in said
Block No. 80, shown on said plat
and the Southerly half of the afore-
said portion of said Cherry Road
shown on said plat which she FAC
quired by a deed from said Elsie
M. Palmer, dated March 5, 1910,
of record among said Land Re-
cords in Liber No. 768 at folios
ATS ct. ST.. and a deed from the
said Town of Washington Grove,
dated March 16, 1949, of record
among said Land Records in Liber
No. 1898 at folios Ill ct. So, res
pectively. That certified copies of
the aforesaid deeds are filed with
said petition as Petitioners Ex-
hibits No. /, 2, 8, A and 5, respecti-
vely.
That said petitioners are now
the owners of all of that portion
of Cherry Road which lies between
Center Street and Oak Street,
aforesaid, and the said triangular
Reservation, and that no one
else owns any land abutting the
same, which said petitioners desire
to abandon. All of which portion of
Cherry Road they desire to aban-
don is colored in red and the said
triangular Reservation" which
they desire to abandon is colored in
blue on plat of a portion of said
subdivision showing the land to be
abandoned, which plat is filed with
the said petition, marked Petition
ers' Exhibit No. 6. That the aban-
donment of said portion of said
Cherry Road and the said TRAN
gular Reservation" will not dam
age any person, persons or Cor
poration and will greatly benefit
the property belonging to the
petitioners.
And the Petition prays that the
aforesaid triangular Reservation"
and the aforesaid portion of Cherry
Road be abandoned to further pub
lie use, and revert to the said petit
TONERS as private property, and for
such other and further relief as
the petitioners case may require.
1t is thereupon this 9Th day of
April, in the year 1949, ORDERED
by the Circuit Court for Montgom-
cry County, sitting as a Court of |
Equity, that the petitioners, by |
causing a copy of this order to be
in some newspaper pub
Iished in said Montgomery County
once in each of four successive
weeks before the 14th day of May,
in the year 1949, give notice of the
object and substance of this Bill
and warning all persons and cor
porations to be and appear in this
Court, in person or by solicitor, on
)r before the 21st day of May, in
The year 1949, next, to show cause,
Il any they have, why a decree
ought not TO be passed as prayed.
STEDMAN PRESCOTT,
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County,
Maryland.
True Copy Test:
CLAYTON X WATKINS