The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-01-18

INO. $40 NllSCGIldIteOuS DOCKET
In the Circuit Court for Washing
ton County.
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF
THE CITY OF HAGERSTOWN,
MD, Plaintiff
VS..
ANDREW K. COFFMAN and
GLADYS B. COLEMAN, his wife,
w. w. HOFFMAN and ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS, Whatever
their interests, Defendants
TO: w. w. HOFFMAN AND ALL
UNKNOWN OWNERS, WHAT
EVER THEIR INTERESTS, De
PENDANTS
NOTICE OF ACTION
The object of this action is that
the hereinafter described real prop
erty be condemned in order that the
Plaintiff may acquire a fee simple
title to the said property free and
clear of certain mortgage on said
property which remains unreIeased
of record, executed by one Nelson
Koon or Nelson Coon, a record title
claimant, to Defendant W. w. Hoff-
man for Thirty ($3000) Dollars with
interest, dated the 5th day of No
vember, 1872, and due the 9Th day of
December, 1872 and recorded in Lii
Der WMcKK 5, folio 275 one of the
Land Records of Washington County,
Maryland. The Petition states among
other things, that the real property
to be acquired is described as fol-
lows:
Situate in Hagerstown, Maryland
and beginning at a point in the north
marginal line of w. North Street,
said point being situate 1855 feet
from the intersection of the north
marginal line of said W. North Street
and the west marginal line of Su-
man Avenue, and running thence N.
80 49, E. 125 feet to a point, thence
N. So 03' w. Is feet to a point,
thence S. So 49, w. 1875 feet to a
point in the north marginal line of
W. North Street thence along said
w. North Street S. So 21' E. Is feet
to the place of beginning.
The Petition further states that
title to the said property is claimed
by Defendant Andrew K. Coffman;
that the purpose for which the said
property is to be acquired is for the
erection and maintenance of a public
housing project; that an agreement
to purchase the said property was
entered into by Plaintiff with De-
PENDANTS Andrew K. Coffman and
Gladys B. Coffman, his wife, but that
Plaintiff was unable to locate De-
PENDANT W. w. Hoffman or his per
sonal Representatives or legatees;
and the Petition prays, among other
things, that summons be issued for
the unknown Defendants, and that
the sheriff set up a copy of the sum-
monses upon the said property and
that a notice of the action be pub
lished once a week for three sue
cessive weeks in a newspaper pub
lished in Washington County.
1t is thereupon this 9Th day of
January, 1851 by the Circuit Court
for Washington County ordered that
summons be issued for such of the
Defendants named in the Petition
who are unknown and for whom adj
dresses are not given, commanding
them to appear in this Honorable
Court on or before the 7th day of
February, 1851 and show cause why
such property as is described in said
Petition, or such Defendants inter
est therein, should not be condemned
as prayed and it is further ordered
that the sheriff of Washington Coun-
ty, Maryland, is hereby directed to
set up copies of said summonses
upon the said property and it is fur
Their ordered that notice of this ac-
ton be published for three success
sive weeks in a newspaper published
in Washington County, Maryland.
J. GUY WEAGLEY,
Clerk
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