Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
Order of Publication

OTucI VI uUlICdCIUIt
The object of this suit is to
require the defendants to Speci-
fically perform a certain agree
ment between the plaintiff and
defendants, of lands described in
THE agreement between the par
ties and the Bill of Complaint
herein, and for other relief.
The Bill states in substance:
That on the End day of March,
A. D. 1850, the defendants, Bowie
G. Blount, Richard G. Mathews
and Ruth E. Mathews, his wife,
Eliza B. Schwartz and H. H.
Schwartz, her husband, Humph-
rey D. Wolfe and Margaret K.
Wolfe, his wife, and Ben Lindas,
Committee and Trustee of Oc-
tavia Towers, all non.residents of
the State of Maryland, being
seized and possessed of a certain
tract of land in Montgomery
County, Maryland, described as
parts of tracts of land called
PHEASANT RETREAT, ''TUS-
CULUM" and WARDS PLEAS
URE", situate. lying and being
in Montgomery County, State of
Maryland, and contained within
the following metes and bounds,
courses and distances: BEGIN
MING at stone heretofore
planted on the fourteenth line of
pleasant Retreat and running
thence with said land South Tx
degrees West 30 perches to a
stone; thence North 751a degrees
West 50 perches to a stone on
the North side of a branch;
thence North 89h degrees West
SO perches to a stone; thence
South IA degrees West % perches
to a stone heretofore planted at
the end of the fifth line of a
tract of land called 'Linthicum'S
Chance" and the end of the sew
enteenth line of pleasant Re-
treat; then with the eighteenth
line of pleasant Retreat" North
33A degrees West 80A perches
to a stone heretofore planted on
said line; then North 68% de-
grees East 1884 perches to a
stone heretofore planted; then
South 14A degrees West 156 $40
perches to the beginning, con-
tanning 1929 acres of land, more
or less, and being the same land
decided to Eliza P. Griffith by
Samuel Riggs of r. and Micah
w. Riggs, his wife, in Liber
EB.P. 10, at folio 318; being To-
Gated in Laytonsville District and
sometimes called "The High
lands, and adjoining the prop
erty of Thomas Owings and Felix
G. DAILY, agreed with your orator
in writing to sell unto him the
aforesaid land for the sum of
Seven Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($7,500.0O, whereof the
sum of Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) was paid as a deposit
and thereafter on the 4th day of
September, A. D. 1852, an addi-
tional sum of Two Thousand Dol
lars ($2,000.00) deposit was paid,
and the balance of the purchase
money under said contract was
to be paid upon the settlement
of said contract; and your Orator
files herewith as a part hereof,
the said agreement in writing,
signed and sealed by the said
Bowie G. Blount, Richard c..
Mathews and Ruth E. Mathews,
his wife, Eliza B. Schwartz and
II. II. Schwartz, her husband,
Humphrey D. Wolfe and Margar-
ct K. Wolfe, his wife, and Ben
Lindas, Committee and Trustee
of Octavia Towers, defendants,
and your Orator, which is mark
ed Plaintiffs Exhibit "a" and
prayed to be made a part here
of; that in accordance with the
terms of the contract between
the parties as aforesaid, your Ora
tor ordered an examination of
title to said described lands from
the Suburban Title and Invest
ment Corporation Immediately
after the acceptance of said con-
tract, and said title company re-
ported numerous defects in the
title to said lands on the 18th
day of October, A. D. 1850, where
upon your Orator requested the
defendants in accordance with
the terms of said contract, to
perfect said title; that your Ora