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and property of his said wards, now in his hands, or which
may hereafter come into his hands, pay unto the plaintiffs Perry
Townshend and Anna Maria his wife, or bring into this Court to
be paid to them the sum of 8354.16, with interest on $255, part
thereof, from the 13th instant, until paid or bought in. And it is
further decreed, that the said Joseph Robinson also pay unto the
plaintiffs Perry Townshend and Anna Maria his wife, or bring into
this Court to be paid to them, the sum of 193.26 with legal in-
terest on 885, part thereof, from the 13th day of the present
mouth, until paid or brought in; together with the costs of this
suit, to be taxed by the register; the same to be paid by the said
Robinson, out of the assets of his said wards in his hands, if any
there be, if not out of his own proper estate and effects. And it
is further decreed, that the several reports of the auditor, hereto-
fore made in this case, so far as they accord with this decree, be
and the same are hereby confirmed; and so far as they are at vari-
ance with this decree, they are hereby rejected. And it is further
decreed, that the said complainants' bill of complaint, as against
the defendant John Iglehart, be and the same is hereby dis-
missed with costs, to be taxed by the register.

Appeal.—See the decision of the Court of Appeals, 3 G. & J.
413.

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LUNATICS.

Upon a petition and certificate, that a person is of unsound mind, a writ de
lunatico inquirendo, may be granted—a committee appointed of the per-
son and estate of the lunatic, without account; upon condition of main-
taining him, returning an inventory, &c.—a runaway slave belonging
to a lunatic may be sold to prevent a loss—where two or more persona
are appointed as a joint committee of a lunatic, the trust ceases by the
death of any one of them—a person, not a resident of the State, should
not be appointed committee of a lunatic—on the death of the lunatic
the Court can only deliver itself of the lunatic's estate, without deter-
mining on the claims of his creditors, or next of kin.

JOHN MANNING and Mary Ann, his wife, by their petition stated,
that Mary Ann was one of the presumptive heirs-at-law of Cornelius
Boarman, then a resident of Prince George's County, who was
seized in fee simple of a valuable real estate in Charles County;
and possessed of a large personal estate, more than adequate to
his maintenance; that he had, by the visitation of God, been de-
prived of his understanding; and for several years past, had not
enjoyed any, or but very few lucid intervals of reason. Where-