Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-26


ERMAN and MAX SITTEN-
FIELD for the abandonment
of Cumberland Avenue, lying
on the easterly side of Lincoln
Avenue and adjoining Lots
1926, inclusive, in Block so,
"B. F. Gilbert's Subdivision
of Takoma Park" as per plat
recorded in the Land Records
of Montgomery County, Mary.
land, in Plat Book "a" Plat
so.
Order of Publication
The object of this suit is to
procure a decree ordering the
abandonment of Cumberland
Avenue, lying on the easterly
side of Lincoln Avenue and adj
joining Lots 1926, inclusive, in
Block so, "B. F. Gilbert's Sub
division of Takoma Park" as
recorded in Plat Book "a" at
Plat so, and more particularly
described as follows:
BEING that part of Cumber-
land Avenue lying on the
easterly side of Lincoln Ave
nue. and adjoining Lots 1926,
inclusive, in Block so, "B. F.
Gilbert's Subdivision of Ia
koma Park" as per plat re-
corded in the Land Records
of Montgomery County, Mary
land, in Plat Book A, Plat so,
and beginning at a concrete
monument found marking the
northeasterly corner of said
Lot IS, Block so, and running
thence with the southerly line
of Cumberland Avenue
~ S Go Al 10" w 1851
feet to intersect the easterly
line of Lincoln Avenue, thirty
1907 feet wide; thence cross
ing Cumberland Avenue
81 N 300 &c. 90" w 3O.O2 feet;
thence with the northerly line
of Cumberland Avenue
81 N 61o Al 10" E 391.65 feet;
thence with the westerly line
of Cumberland Avenue
a. N 18o Sc 90" w 103.44
feet to a point on the south
erly line of Maple Avenue,
seventy (70) feet wide, as now
established; thence with said
southerly line of Maple Ave
nue.
Sd with the arc of a curve
to the left having a radius
of 262.99 feet for a distance
of 1885 feet (chord 1892 feet
bearing N 37o 40 A" E. to
a point on the easterly line
of Cumberland Avenue;
thence with said easterly line
g. S 1So So 90" E 1882
feet to the point of beginning
and containing 1879 square
feet or 0.3645 acres of land.
The said land be abandoned
by decree as dedicated streets
and be decreed free from all
public right, claim, title and use
and be vacated so as to revert
to the abutting land owners, in
fee simple, free from any claim
or right of the public.
The Petition states that the
Petitioner, the City of Takoma
Park. is the legal owner of a
parcel of land comprising a..
967 square feet which adioins
and abuts the aforementioned
streets and that it has contract
ed to sell said land to the other
Petitioner, A & M Development
Company, a partnership, and
that the Petitioner, A & M De-
velopment Company, is the con-
tract purchaser of all the other
land adjoining and abutting the
aforementioned street, except
that land owned by the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, which
abuts. Cumberland Avenue
along the northeasterly bound
airy of said Cumberland Ave
nue., which is to be abandoned,
and that the dedicated street on
the easterly side of Lincoln
Avenue has never at any time
been used as a public street.
The Petition further states
that 1t would be to the benefit
Of the Petitioners to have the
same abandoned and revert in
fee simple to said abutting land
owners as their interest may
appear, and that it would not
adversely affect any property.
That the consents of the nee
essary governmental agencies
will be filed in due time.
1t is, therefore, this 10th day
of October, 1861, ORDERED by
the Circuit Court for Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, sitting
as a Court of Equity, that all
persons who have any interest,
or are affected by the abandon
ment of that portion of Cumber-