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CRABB VS. MOALE. 221 Upon this bill, after the answers had been filed thereto, and various proceedings had, the Chancellor, on the 13th of May, 1790, passed his decree, by which it was declared, that after the payment of the debts of the testator the annual rents of all the lands held by the testator (of which a schedule was an- nexed) and also all the annual rents of the lands leased or to be leased by the defendant, John Moale, should be chargeable in his hands, and in the hands of his heirs and assigns, in the first place, with the payment of the annual sum of .£500, current money, from the 22d of February, 1786, the day of the death of the testator, and during the life of the said Frances H. Moale, to John McLure, the complainant, as her trustee, in trust for her, and in, the next place; all the said annual rents, as they arise, shall be, and are hereby declared to be. chargeable in the hands of the said John Moale, as devisee and heir afore- said, and in the hands of his heirs, &c., with the payment to the said John McLure and his heirs, in trust, for the said Frances H. Harris, if any arrearages of the said annual sum of £500 now accrued, or that may hereafter accrue, with interept on such arrearages as they become due, until the same, with in- terest, are paid. And in case the said arrearages shall not be paid during the life of the said Frances H. Harris, that in such case, the said arrearages with interest as aforesaid, shall be paid to the said John McLure and his heirs, in trust, for the use of the representatives of the said Frances after her death. And after payment of said arrearages and interest, the reversion in fee, devised to the said John Moale; shall be, and is thereby declared to be. chargeable in the hands of the said John Moale, and his heirs, &c., with the payment of the legacy in the said will, to the said Frances, the wife of the testator, of ,£2250, current money, with interest thereon from one year after the death of the testator, to the said John McLure, and his heirs, in trust, for the use of the representatives of the said Frances H. Harris, which said legacy, with interest as aforesaid, shall be first paid, &c. It appears from the proceedings, that the £500 annuity was not regularly paid, but large arrears were permitted to accumu- |
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