Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-07-07
Order of Publication

Order OF Publication
The object of this suit is to
procure a Declaratory Decree di-
vesting the Defendants of any in
terest they may have and enjoin-
ing them from asserting any in
terest in the property described
in the Bill of Complaint, and
vesting the Complainants with am
absolute and indefeasible fee in
the said property. The Bill of
Complaint States in substance
that the Complainant, William E.
Smith, became the owner in fee
simple and entered into posses
sion of all of Blocks 6, 7, 8, 10,
10, 20, 81 and %, in tse Subdivi-
sion of land called Laytonia, as
shown on the plat of said sub
division recorded among the land
records of Montgomery County,
N Plat Book 2, at Plat 143, by
Deed from William F. Easter and
Albert B. Easter, joint tenants,
lated May 16, 1916, recorded May
l6, 1916, in Liber 1913 at Folio
80; that the said William F.
Easter and Albert B. Easter, took
title to the above described land
by Deed from Benjamin o. Wood
ward and Corrie V. Woodward,
his wife, by Deed dated July %,
1910, and recorded January 81,
1871, in Liber S12 at Folio 131;
that the Complainant, William E.
Smith, conveyed Lots 9 to II, in
elusive, Block 10, Laytonia, to
Kenneth Clyde Marshall, ST.. and
Eliza Nettie Marshall, his wife,
as tenants by the entirety, by
Deed dated August 81, 1851, re-
corded August 20, 1851, in Liber
1866 at Folio 574; that the Com
plainant, William E. Smith, con-
veyed Lots Z and 8 in Block 10,
to Charles Lee Runyon and Bar
bara Irene Runyon, his wife, by
Deed dated September 9, 1852
and recorded in Liber 1904 at
Folio 467; which said land was
thereafter conveyed to Kenneth
William Runyon and Ellanora
Runyon, his wife, by Deed dated
November %, 1853, and recorded
November 80, 1858, in Liber 1864
at Folio 545; that the Complain
ant, William E. Smith, conveyed
Lots IS and IA in Block 10, Lay
tonia, to Kenneth William Run
yon and Ellanora Runyon, his
wife, by Deed dated November
10, 1858, and recorded November
30, 1858, in Liber 1864 at Folio
544; that the Complainant, Will
liam E. Smith, conveyed Lots 1
to 6, inclusive, and Is to 20, in
elusive, Block 10, to Joseph Ray
mond Keesee and Katherine
Elizabeth Keesee, by Deed dated
August 20, 1854, and recorded ,
August %, 1854, in Liber 1855
at Folio 284; that doubt has been
expressed as to the validity of
the Complainants' title and none
of your Complainants are able to
insure the title to any of the
property above described, and
therefore, unable to obtain mort
gage construction loans; that the
Defendant, Benjamin o. Wood
ward, claims an open, notorious,
hostile, continuous and exclusive
possession of all of the above
land until his conveyance to Will
liam F. Easter and Albert B.
Easter, as joint tenants, afore-
said, from a conveyance from
Olivia A. Crawford, widow of
Charles c. Crawford, dated APP
ril %, 1927, and recorded May
6, 1927, in Liber 424 at Folio 2O2;
that it appears from an examina-
ton of the title to the land de-
scribed in Paragraph 1, herein,
that Blocks 6 and Z are good and
marketable; that your Complain
ant, William E. Smith, has a tax
title to Lots II to ID, Block 9,
the legal title to which is in J. /.
Martin Rausch; that the legalN
title to Lots 1 to 10, inclusive,
in Block 9, is in George w.
Marsh; that the legal title to Lots
16 to 20, in Block 8, is in Adolph
PrieSter; and the legal title to
Lot IS, Block 9, is in ]. Martin
Rausch; that the Complainant,
William E. Smith, has tax title
to all of Block 10, the legal title
to which is in ]. Martin Rausch;
that the Complainant, William E.
Smith, has tax title to all of
Blocks 10 to %, inclusive, legal
title to which is in George A.
Macy.
1T is, THEREUPON, this 2nd
day of June, 1855, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Maryland, sitting as a Court of
Equity,
ORDERED, that the Complain
ants, by causing a copy of this
order to be inserted in some
newspaper of general circulation,
published in Montgomery Coun-