HANNAH K. CHASE'S CASE.—1 BLAND. 197

Samuel Chase, deceased, to William Camp, sometime in the month
of April, A. D. 1811; also in two lots between Water and Pratt
streets, in theCity of Baltimore, conveyed by the said Samuel Chase,
deceased, to a certain John Gross, and by the said Gross after-
wards conveyed to Andrew Myer; also in a certain lot or parcel of
ground, advertised by the said trustees as aforesaid, situate on
Whetstone Point: provided it shall appear to the satisfaction of
the Chancellor, by the exhibition of title papers, or otherwise as
he may order, that the said Hannah K. Chase hath a right to
dower in the same. And it is further agreed, that a compensation
in money shall be paid to the complainant by the defendants, for
and in lieu of her dower in the property above mentioned; and that
such compensation shall be fixed by the Chancellor, upon evidence
offered to him of the value of the said respective pieces or parcels
of land by the actual sales, where sales are to be made by the
trustees as aforesaid; and for want of sales by depositions, show-
ing such value, to be taken before some justice of the peace for
Baltimore County, residing in the City of Baltimore, by either
party, upon giving three days' notice. And it is further agreed,
that the said bills be dismissed as to all the property in the pro-
ceedings mentioned, not specified and included in this agreement,
and that the complainant pay the costs. It is agreed, that all
sums for which Mrs. Chase may be indebted to the estate of Sam-
uel Chase, deceased, for furniture, &c. obtained from the adminis-
trator, or at the appraised value, shall be deducted from her claim;
the amount whereof shall be ascertained by Luther Martin and
Jonathan Meredith." This agreement was signed by H. K. Chase,
T. Chase, S. Chase, and their solicitors.

Several deeds were exhibited, proved and relied on by the parties,
to show the nature of the title of the plaintiff's late husband to
the property, in which she now claimed dower. The deed dated
on the 4th of February, 1806, and on the same day acknowledged
and delivered from James Clarke to Samuel Chase, the * late
husband of the plaintiff, recites and sets out his title in the
following words:

"Whereas Harry Dorsey Gough, on the fifth day of April, in
the year seventeen hundred and eighty-six, agreed with Daniel
Grant of Baltimore Town, now the said city, to sell and give his
bond to convey to him, his heirs and assigns, clear of all incum-
brauces, all that lot or parcel of ground lying in Baltimore Town
and contained within the following courses and distances, to wit:
beginning, &c. &c. with its appurtenances, for the consideration
of three thousand seven hundred and eighty pounds in English
guineas at thirty-five shillings each, and weighing five penny-
weights and six grains, payable on the fifth day of April seventeen
hundred and ninety-three, with annual interest thereon until paid.
And whereas the said Harry Dorsey Gough, afterwards, to wit, on