Metlar v. Williams

Backes, V. C.

This is a partition bill. The lands consist of two large adjoining farms in Middlesex county, and were owned by George W. Metlar, who died intestate October 18th, 1912, leaving him surviving his widow, Catharine A. Metlar (who has since died), and five children, among whom partition has been ordered, and is about to be made by commissioners.

By a cross-bill the executors of Catharine A. Metlar, the widow, seek to foreclose a mortgage of $15,000 on one of the tracts known as the “Boss Hall Farm.” This mortgage was made by George W. Metlar, the intestate, and bis wife, to John Yan…