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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1810.

CHAPTER 156.

An ACT respecting the issuing of Writs of Executions out of the Court of
Appeals.

Preamble.

WHEREAS doubts are entertained whether sufficient power
and authority are given by law for the issuing of writs of exe-
cution out of the court of appeals, upon judgments or decrees
which have been, and which may be, rendered in the said court,
held for the western and eastern shores respectively ; and to
remove such doubts,

Writs is-
sued upon
any decree
rendered in
court of
appeals, to
be valid.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That where any writ of execution hath issued, or shall issue,
out of the court of appeals, upon any judgment or decree which
hath b$en or which may hereafter be rendered in the said court,
held for the western and eastern shores respectively, such exe-
cution, and the proceedings had and to be had thereon, shall be
valid and effectual in law, to all intents and purposes whatso-
ever, in the same manner as any execution which hath issued,
or may issue, out of any court of law in this state, upon a judg-
ment rendered, or to be rendered, in such court, and that the
said court of appeals be and hereby is vested with the like and
similar powers with respect to writs of execution which the late
general court possessed or exercised.

CHAPTER 160.

AN ACT to subject Equitable Estates in Lands to sale under Writs of Fieri
Facias.

Sheriff may
seize and
sell equita-
ble estate
which de-
fendant
may have
in any
lands, &c.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be
lawful for any sheriff, or other officer, to whom any writ of fieri
facias shall bo directed, to take, seize, and expose to sale, any
equitable estate or interest which the defendant or defendants
named in such writ of fieri facias may have or hold in any lands,
tenements or hereditaments.

Persons
purchasing
such enti-
tled to a
conveyance
thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any person or persons who
shall purchase any equitable estate or interests in any lands,
tenements or hereditaments, which shall be sold in virtue of the
provisions of this act, shall be entitled, upon payment of the
purchase money, to an assignment or conveyance of such equi-
table interest, to be made by the sheriff, or other officer, making
such sale, and shall, in consequence of such purchase and
assignment or conveyance, stand, as to title, and be entitled, to
such remedy against all persons, and in all cases, as the person
or persons whose title he, she or they may so purchase.