542 NEALE v. HAGTHROP.—3 BLAND.

herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwith-
standing."

The bill further states, that in June, 1708, Anthony Hook died
intestate leaving five children, John Hook, who took out letters of
administration upon his estate, Margaret Knight, Catherine Orbin,
Barbara Morrow and Ann Barbine, who were all then living, and
were "the remaining heirs-at law of the said Anthony Hook;" that
in the month of September, 1800, John Hook died intestate, and
letters of administration upon his estate were granted to his widow,
the defendant Barbara, who, in the inventory of her intestate's
estate, returned, as a part of it, the property mentioned in the
deed of the 17th of August; and in the year 1801, she sold the
whole of the ten acre lot at auction; and either herself bought, or
caused to be purchased for herself; and alterwards held the same
accordingly; that shortly after the sale the defendant Barbara
intermarried with the defendant Edward Hagthrop; and they, on
the 12th of February, 1802, rendered their first administration
account to the Orphans' Court, in which they charged themselves
with no more than the sum of $3,342.14, the aggregate valuation
of the inventory; when, in truth, the sales of the ten acre lot
alone amounted to $5,275; that afterwards, 011 the 21st of Febru-
ary *1807, the defendants Hagthrop and wife, as adminis-
555 tratrix, by their petition to the Orphans' Court, referring to
the before mentioned deed, set forth, that after she had returned
the property therein mentioned as part of the personal estate of
her intestate John Hook, it was discovered, that it was held only
in trust by him for the purpose of reimbursing himself certain
sums of money which he had paid on account of his father An-
thony; and afterwards to hold the same for the use of the said
Anthony, and his legal representatives; that on making this dis-
covery, it was agreed among the representatives of Anthony and
the petioners, that it should be sold and the proceeds thereof dis-
tributed according to law; that a sale was made accordingly; and
that the petitioners were then ready to account for the sum of
money paid by John Hook, in his life-time, for Anthony Hook;
and also for the distributive share of the residue of the proceeds
of sale arising due to John Hook as one of the children of An-
thony Hook; and, for this purpose the petitioners prayed, that
the property thus erroneously returned in the inventory of John
Hook's estate might be stricken therefrom, and the petitioners
credited accordingly. Upon which the Orphans' Court adjudged
and ordered, that the property should be stricken out of the in-
ventory and the petitioners credited as prayed.

The bill further states, that the whole of the property mentioned
in said deed of trust, after the death of Anthony Hook, was wrong-
fully held and retained by John Hook; and after his death was
illegally, wrongfully, and fraudulently administered upon, as his