Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-04-21
No. 1907 Equity
Order of Publication

The object of this action is to
obtain a decree of divorce men
sa ct thoro; the complaint states
that the Plaintiff is an adult resi-
dent of Montgomery County,
Maryland, wherein she has con-
tinuously resided for more than
one year Immediately preceding
the filing of her complaint; that
the Defendant is an adult non
resident of the State of Mary
land and is a resident of the Uni
ted States; that the Defendants
last known address was P. o.
Box All, Canal Fulton, Ohio; that
the parties were lawfully married
on the 26th day of April, 1916
at Colmar Manor, Maryland; that
no children have been born of
the union; that the conduct of
the Plaintiff toward the Defend
ant has always been kind, faith
full, and above reproach, yet, new
ertheless, the Defendant on div
ers days and times has treated
the Plaintiff with great cruelty,
harshness, and brutality, at times
striking and beating her, and that
on, to wit, the LIST day of August,
1854, on account of the aforego-
ing cruelty and abuse and a fear
for her personal safety, the
Plaintiff was forced to leave the
marital home of the parties; that
there is no reasonable hope or
expectation of reconciliation; that
the Defendant is an automobile
mechanic, by trade, and is cap
able of earning a substantial in
come thereby, and that the Plain
tiff and Defendant are owners,
as tenants by the entirety, of
real estate located in Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, from
which the Defendant receives and
enjoys rent; that the Plaintiff is
employed by Montgomery Coun
ty as an elevator operator at
weekly salary of $500, and that
the Plaintiff receives no support
or maintenance from the Defend
ant or any income from any 9TH
er source whatever; that the
Plaintiff is without sufficient
means to provide for her sup
port and maintenance during the
tendency of this suit or of de-
fraying the cost and expense at
tending the prosecution of the
same.
Plaintiff prays for a divorce a
menSa ct thoro; for an allowance
by way of alimony out of the De-
PENDANTS estate as may be pro-
portioned to the means and sta
ton in life of her said husband;
for reasonable sum for her sup
port and maintenance during the
tendency of this suit, and for
such sum or sums of money as
may enable the Plaintiff to en-
ploy counsel to prosecute this
suit and to defray the necessary
costs and expense thereof. And
for further relief.
IT IS THEREUPON this 5th
day of April, 1855, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, sitting as Court of
Equity, ordered that the Plaintiff
by causing a copy of this order
to be inserted in some newspaper
published in Montgomery Coun-
ty, once in each of four consecu-
tive weeks before the 9th day of
May, 1855, giving notice to the
Defendant, Charles Robert Turn
er, a nonresident of the State of
Maryland, of the object and sub
stance Of this complaint and
warning him to be and appear in
this Court, in person or by solicit
tor, on or before the 9th day of
May, 1855 to show cause if any
he has, why a decree ought not
be passed as prayed, or in the
alternative and in lieu of such
newspaper publication, the Plain
tiff may cause a copy of this Or
der of Publication to be personal
ly served upon the said Defend.
ant Charles Robert Turner, non.
resident of the State of Maryland,
as aforesaid, as required by law,
provided such personal service be
made upon said Defendant at
least one month before the said
9th day of May, 1855.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Md.