568 INDEX.

FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES— Continued.

the property until his death, the deeds were set aside as frauds upon
the rights of the wife. Hays vs. Henry, 337.

2. One of the badges of fraud in such cases, is the retention of the posses-
sion of the property by the husband, after the transfer of the title or
keeping of the deeds in his hands after its execution. Ib.
FREE NEGROES.

1. Slaves manumitted since the act of 1831, ch. 381,. cannot remain in this
state in a condition of freedom, though the Orphans' Courts may, in
their discretion, give them annual permits to remain, as by said act is
provided. .Negro Marino vs. Mitchdl, 356.
GENERAL INTENT.

See WILL AND TESTAMENT, 13.
GUARDIAN AND WARD.

1. A proceeding of the representatives of a ward against the executors of
a guardian, to recover a legacy bequeathed to a ward, and which the
guardian had received from the executors of the testator, who made
the bequest, is clearly within the jurisdiction of a court of equity.
drain vs. Bames and Fergmson, 151.

2. The relation of guardian and ward, and the rights and obligations which
grow out of it, are peculiarly within the jurisdiction of a court of equi-
ty, and its power to afford a remedy for a breach of the trust cannot be
questioned, unless it has been taken away by some express statutory
enactment. Ib.

3. Every guardian, however, appointed, is responsible in equity for his
conduct, and may be removed for misbehavior. Ib.

8w JURISDICTION; 5; 0.
HOLDERS OF NEGOTIABLE PAPER.

See PROMISSORY NOTES.
HUSBAND AND WIFE.

1. «A husband and wife for a bona file and valuable consideration, may
contract for a transfer of property from him to her. Brooks vs. Dent,
523.

2. If the wife had performed her part of the agreement made between her
husband and herself, she would have an equity as against the husband
and his heirs, to have it carried into effect on their side, though the
agreement was only by parol. Ib.
INADEQUACY OF PRICE.

1. Where a sale is objected to on the ground of inadequacy of price, re-
sulting from doubts dbout the title, which doubts could have been re-
moved by reasonable efforts on the part of the trustee, his neglect to
do so may affect the question of ratification. CKbbs vs. Cvmnwigham, 44.

2. Inadequacy of price will not induce the court to vacate a sale, in other
respects unexceptionable, unless such inadequacy is so gross as to in-
dicate a want of reasonable judgment and discretion on the part of the
trustee. Ib. et Hintse vs. Stmgel, 283.

3. The sale in this case was made for $3,000. HELD—That an offer of
$4,000 made subsequently to the sale, and after the value of the prop-