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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
Volume 200, Volume 4, Page 154   View pdf image (33K)
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154 HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
benefit of my daughter, Henrietta Maria Hall, and her children,
and my will and desire is that the said trustees shall not be com-
pelled to pay into the hands of Richard Hall, the husband of
the said Henrietta Maria Hall, any part of the proceeds of the
said land, but that the same shall remain in the hands of said
trustees during the life of the said Richard Hall, and that any
receipts or writings witnessing the payment of such proceeds
or profits to my said daughter, Henrietta Maria Hall, shall be
a sufficient discharge of said trustees, and I do hereby authorize
and empower the said trustees, or the survivor of them, to sell
and dispose of the said land at any time they or the survivor of
them shall think proper, and to invest the proceeds of such sale
in other land or in bank stock, as they or he may deem most
advantageous. And I do hereby authorize and empower the
said trustees to convey the said land in case they should think
proper to sell the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
by a good and sufficient deed or deeds,"
The other facts in the case are sufficiently stated in the
Chancellor's opinion, delivered on the 7th of November, 1853.]
THE CHANCELLOR :
The present controversy arises upon the petition of George
H. Stewart, executor of the late William Stewart, filed on the
22d of January, 1846, and relates to the disposition of the
money paid into court under the order of the 30th of Septem-
ber last, being the proceeds of the note of William D. Clagett,
given" to the late Somerville Pinkney, acting as solicitor and
agent of Henrietta M. Hall, one of the complainants in the
original suit.
The proceedings in that cage, which will be found reported
in 9 Gill and Johns., 80, need not be recapitulated here, but
its results and the compromise and settlement which was finally
made, are sufficiently explained in this case, a report of which
will be seen upon refercnce to 2 Md. Ch. Decisions, 151.
Whilst this latter case was in progress, the present petition
was filed, and by it the petitioner claims a portion of the money
upon the ground that on the 22d of October, 1835, the said

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