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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
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246 HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
being in full of all property and cash due to me by my said
guardian, and in consideration thereof, I do hereby release,
acquit, exonerate, and discharge the said Richard B. Mitchell,
his heirs, executors, and administrators, of and from all and
every action, suit, claim, or demand, which could or might
possibly be brought, exhibited, or prosecuted against him,
them, or any of them, for or on account of the said sum of
money and property, or the payment thereof, hereby declaring
myself fully satisfied, contented, and paid the said amount as
above specified." This release was duly recorded in the Re-
gister of Wills' office in Baltimore County. They also offered
the parol testimony of Dr. Gunning S. Bedford, the brother
of said Henrietta A. Bedford, in relation to the marriage of
his sister with the said Richard B, Mitchell, and the undue
influence exercised over by him, and sustaining the allegations
of the answer in other particulars. This evidence the com-
plainants excepted upon the ground that it consisted of decla-
rations made by said Henrietta, and was mere hearsay. The
cause coming on for final hearing, the Chancellor delivered the
following opinion.]
THE CHANCELLOR:
Assuming that the sole object of the bill filed in this cause
is to affect the property which originally belonged to Henri-
etta A.. Bedford, and which, by the conveyances mentioned in
the proceedings, became vested in John P. Kennedy and John
Glenn, on the 25th of August, 1825, and I am quite satisfied
that the merits are with the defendants.
This conclusion has been formed after listening with great
attention to the very able arguments of counsel on both sides,
and a careful examination of the proceedings which make up
the record before me.
These proceedings show that the form of a marriage took
place between Richard Bennet Mitchell, and his stepdaughter
Henrietta A. Bedford, on or about the 26th of February,
1825, she at that time owning and being possessed of a large
estate real and personal. Within less than one month from

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