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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
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CARR VS. IRELAND. 251
part of the land, he should have taken care to have had pro-
per covenants inserted in the deed; the rule being that a ven-
dor selling in good faith is not responsible for the goodness of
his title beyond the extent of the covenants in his deed. Grou-
verneur vs. Elmendorf, 5 Johns. Oh. Rep., 79.
For these reasons, I am of opinion that the injunction must
be dissolved, except as to the sum of $ 400, which the answer
admits to be a proper credit.
A. RANDALL, for Complainants.
W. H. TUCK, for Defendant.
BENJAMIN CARR
vs. MARCH TERM, 1852.
JOHN F. IRELAND ET AL.
[CONSTRUCTION OF WILL—CONVERSION OF REALTY INTO PERSONALTY.]
A TESTATOR devised all his estate "both real and personal"to his wife for life,
and after her death directed bis executor to "sell his real estate and pay to
each of his three grandchildren "$1,000 each, when they arrive at the age
of twenty-one. HELD—That this direction in view of a court of equity, op-
erated a conversion of the real estate out and out into money.
[The late John Ireland by his will, executed on the 30th of
May, 1848, devised to his wife all his estate, both real and per-
sonal, for and during her life, and after her death as follows ;
"My personal estate to be equally divided between my grand-
children," (naming them,) "to them and their heirs forever,"
"and that my executor sell my real estate and pay unto each of
my three grandchildren," (naming them,) "the sum of one
thousand dollars to each when they arrive at the age of twenty-
one years, the interest to be paid annually. It is my will and
desire, in case of either of my three grandchildren above named
should die before they arrive at the age of twenty-one years,
that the bequest herein made to such grandchild or children as
may die shall be and remain the inheritance of his three other

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