Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-10-20
Order of Publication

OIuGI VI L uUtICdllOIl
The object of this suit is to
quiet title to certain land, stu
ate lying and being in Mont
gomery County, Maryland,
under the provisions of Article
16 Section 128 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, 1857. The
Bill states in substance as fol
lows: That John Branson, Jr.,
otherwise known as John Bran
ison, Jr., departed this life in
testate on the 18th day of
March, 1910, seized and pos
sessed of certain land, situate,
lying and being in Montgomery
County, Maryland, and being a
tract of land called "Sugarland
Forest" as appear in a Deed
from A. Peasants Webb, ct al,
to John Branson, Jr., and re-
corded among the Land Records
for Montgomery County, Mary
land, in Liber EBP 20 at Folio
% and marked Plaintiffs Elk
hibit No. 1; that the said John
Branson, Jr., otherwise known
as John Branison, Jr., deceased,
left surviving him his wife,
Mary Branison, who departed
this life on the 18th day of June,
1910, leaving 10 children as his
sole heirs at law and next of
kin all of whom are named in
Paragraph 2 of the Bill of Com
plant; that on the 7th day OF
April, 1856, all the known living
heirs at law of John Branson,
Jr., otherwise known as John
Branison, Jr., deceased, con-
veyed by Deed unto Virginia
Withers all the land and prem
ises heretofore mentioned in the
Bill of Complaint, and recorded
among the Land Records for
Montgomery County, Maryland,
In Liber 2772 at Folio 422, Plain
tiff's Exhibit No. 2; that Nettie
Branison Johnson and Phillip
Samuel Johnson, are the owners
of said tract of land mentioned
in Paragraph / of the Bill of
Complaint and marked Plain
tiff's Exhibit No. 1, by virtue of
a Deed of conveyance by Vir-
ginia Withers, widow, dated the
29th day of August, 1860, and
recorded among the land rec
ords for Montgomery County,
Maryland, in Liber 2772 at Folio
43O, marked Plaintiffs Exhibit
No. 8; that Nettie Branison
Johnson and Phillip Samuel
Johnson have been in construc-
tive and peaceable possession OF
said land under cover of title
as aforesaid and under claim
of right by reason of open, no
torous and adverse possession
and occupation or constructive
occupation of said land for
more than 20 years; that there
has arisen some question and
dispute as to the validity of
the Deed from the heirs at law
of John Branson, Jr., to Vir-
GINA Withers, Plaintiffs Ex-
hibit No. 2, as to whether or
not there are any other living
heirs at law or next of kin OF
John Branson, Jr, deceased,
who failed to join in the execu-
ton of said Deed, wherefore
this suit is brought in order to
have this Honorable Court,
quiet or remove any such cloud
from said title or determine
any such adverse claim or
claims which any person may
have or claim to have in said
land; that no action has been
taken by the unknown heirs,
devisees or personal represen-
tatives of John Branson, Jr.,
deceased, to enter upon or re-
cover said land for more than
20 years Immediately preceding
the filing of this suit; that no
action at law or proceeding in
equity is now pending by the
unknown heirs, devisees or per
sonal representatives to enter
or test the validity of the out
standing claim; that said claim
or claims have not been and
are not now being actively as
serted and that the unknown
heirs, devisees or personal rep
resentatives of John Branson,
Jr., deceased, are the sole per-
sons who could claim or claim
to may have outstanding rights
In and to said land hostile TO
the Plaintiffs rights.
Wherefore the Plaintiffs
pray; That this Honorable
Court pass a decree declaring
that the Plaintiffs have abso-
lutte ownership, and the right OF
disposition of said land known
as "Sugarland Forest" and
more particularly described in
Plaintiffs Exhibit No. l. That
this Honorable Court pass de
cree enjoining the Defendants,
their heirs, devisees or personal
representatives from asserting
any claim of ownership or in
terest in said land or any part
thereof. by an action at law or
otherwise.
And for such other and fur