Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-07-13
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w. w. Dawson
Solicitor
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY
MARYLAND
Sitting as a Court of Equity
No. 24428 Equity
EDITH REYNOLDS
KELEIIER
Plaintiff
VS..
All the unknown heirs, de-
visees or personal represen-
tatives of
HARRIET REYNOLDS
Deceased
Defendants
Order of Publication
The object of this suit is to
quiet title to certain land,
situate, lying and being in
Montgomery County, Maryland,
under the provisions of Article
16, Section 1913 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, 1857. The bill
states in substance as follows:
That Harriet Reynolds, de-
parted this life on the Goth day
of September, 1918, a certified
copy of the death certificates is
filed herewith and marked
Plaintiffs Exhibit No. 1; that
the Plaintiff, Edith Reynolds
Keleher, being a niece of Har-
riett Reynolds, deceased, and
that on the 9th day of June,
1925, she received a deed of
conveyance from John Gardner,
Treasurer, conveying a certain
lot, situate, lying and being in
Montgomery County, Mary
land, and being designated as
Lot 13, in Block % of a sub
division known as "Glen Echo
Heights" which deed is duly
recorded among the Land
Records of Montgomery County,
Maryland, in Liber 374 at Folio
349, the original deed is filed
herewith and marked Plaintiffs
Exhibit No. 2. That on the
same date the Plaintiff received
another deed from John Gard
ner, Treasurer, conveying Lot Z,
Block 16 of the subdivision
known as "Glen Echo Heights"
which is duly recorded among
the Land Records of Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, in Liber
374 at Folio $50, the original
deed is filed herewith and
marked Plaintiffs Exhibit No.
8; that Edith Reynolds Keleher
is the owner of said lots men,
toned and described in the
above by virtue of said deeds
from John Gardner, Treasurer,
that Edith Reynolds Keleher
has been constructive and peace
able possession of said land
under cover of title as afore-
said and under claim of right
by reason of open, notorious
and adverse possession and oc-
cupation or constructive occupa-
ton of said lots for more than
20 years; that there has arisen
some question as to the validity
of the title, wherefore, this suit
is brought in order to have this
Honorable Court quiet or re-
move any such cloud from said
title, or determine any such adj
verse claim or claims which
any person may have or claim
to have in said lots; that no
action has been taken by any
of the unknown heirs, devisees
or personal representatives of
Harriet Reynolds, deceased, to
enter upon or recover said land
for more than 20 years, imme-
diately preceding the filing of
this suit; that no action at law
or proceedings in equity is now
pending by the unknown heirs,
devisees or personal represen-
tatives to enforce or test the
validity of their outstanding
claims; that said claim or
claims have not been and are
not now being actively asserted
and that the unknown heirs, de.
visees or personal representa-
tives of Harriet Reynolds, de-
ceased, are the sole persons
who could claim or are claimed
to have any outstanding rights
in and to said lots hostile to the
Plaintiffs rights.
WHEREFORE, the Plaintiff
prays; That this Honorable
Court pass a decree declaring
that the Plaintiff has absolute
ownership and the right of dis
position of said Lots 10, in
Block % and Lot z, Block 16 of
a subdivision known as "Glen
Echo Heights" and more par
ticularly described in Plaintiffs
Exhibit No. 2 & 3; that this