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114 HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. tate, would escape out of the state, to sell him; that he has re- ceived for him the sum of $600, which he holds subject to the court's order, and for which, until invested, he will allow interest. This petition was set down for hearing by an order of the Chancellor, by a day fixed, provided a copy thereof be served upon the said William G. Bland, and Sarah Bland, the widow of the testator, on or before a certain day. The latter filed her answer thereto, in which she admits that said William is entitled to care and maintenance from her, which she avers she has faithfully given to him at great cost and sacrifice, but she also says there is no man in the state better qualified to take care of his money than the said William, and that she does not believe he ever wasted a cent in his life. It was admitted that Mrs. Bland, the widow, has elected to take under the will, by suffering the time to elapse without re- nouncing, as required by law. William G. Bland, by his answer, denies that he is incapable of taking care of his income, or that said Mayo has any right to inquire into the mode in which he may dispose of the same. He admits his right to care and maintenance from his mother, and that he has received it. He further states, that at the time he made his election, he was informed by his solicitor that he would have the control of his income to do with it as he pleased, and but for that belief, in which all parties acquiesced, he never would have made the election, and the said Mayo also informed him such was the case. He further states, that the net income of his estate which he owned at his father's death, and so elected to take under his will is only about $280 per annum, and for the true construction of said will he refers thereto, by which it will appear that the novel and strange pretension of the said Mayo is entirely un- supported, and is against its whole tenor and purpose. Afterwards the said William G. Bland filed his petition, in which, after stating that it appears from the report of said Mayo, that he has sold negro Phil, belonging to petitioner, for $600, upon the alleged ground that ho was about to escape from the state, he avers that he knows nothing of any such inten- tion except from the statement of said Mayo, and submits that |
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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
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