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

No. 992 Miscellaneous Docket
In the Circuit Court for Washing
ton County.
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF
THE CITY OF HAGERSTOWN,
MD, Plaintiff
JAMES w. SCOTT and
MABEL L. SCOTT, his wife
EDWARD SCOTT and
AMELIA SCOTT, his wife
NORMAN SCOTT and
LAURA r. SCOTT, his wife
MERVIN w. SCOTT
EDWARD STAKE and
ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS,
Whatever their interests, Defendants
TO: MERVIN w. SCOTT, EDWARD
STAKE AND ALL UNKNOWN
OWNERS, WHATEVER THEIR
INTERESTS, Defendants
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 unreleased
of record, executed by one John
Scott and Harriet Scott, his wife,
to Defendant Edward Stake dated
the 7th day of May, 1881 for Seventy
Eight ($78.00) Dollars bearing 6 per
cent interest and due the 7th day of
May, 1882 and recorded in Liber 81,
folio So one of the said Land records
of Washington County, Maryland.
The Petition states among other
things, that the real property to be
acquired is described as follows:
Situated in Hagerstown, Maryland
and beginning at a point in the west
marginal line of Suman Avenue, said
point being S. So IA W. 105.16 feet
from a City boundary monument in
the west edge of Suman Avenue and
at the south east corner of Wheaton
Park and running thence N. So 03'
w 7466 #. to a point, thence S. So
IA w. 1000 #. to a point, thence S.
So 03' E. 74.66 ft. to the west mar
ginal line Of Suman Avenue, thence
with Suman Avenue N. So IA E.
1000 #. to a point of beginning. Con-
tanning 1927 so. it. of land more or
less.
The petition further states that
title to the said property is claimed
by Defendants James W. Scott, Ed
ward Scott, Norman Scott and Mer-
vim w. Scott; that the purpose for
which the said property is to be ac-
quired is for the erection and main
tenance of a public housing project;
that an agreement to purchase the
said property was entered into by
Plaintiff with Defendant James w.
Scott on behalf of himself and the
other survivors of John Scott, but
that Plaintiff was and still is unable
to locate Defendant Edward Stake
or his personal representatives or
legatees; that the Petition prays,
among other things, that summons
be issued for the unknown Defend
ants, and that the sheriff set up a
copy of the summonses upon the
said property and that a notice of
the action be published once a week
for three successive weeks in a news
paper published in Washington
County.
It 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
addresses 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 further
ordered that a notice of this action
be published for three successive
weeks in a newspaper published in
Washington County, Maryland.
J. GUY WEAGLEY,
Clerk
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