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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
Volume 200, Volume 4, Page 418   View pdf image (33K)
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418 HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
over her separate estate but such as has been specially given to
her, and in exercising the power of disposition she is restricted
to the particular mode specified in the instrument under which
she takes when the instrument undertakes to make such speci-
fication. By referring to the cases collected in the Law Li-
brary, vol. 65, pages 370, et seq., this will be found to bo the
settled doctrine in this country upon the subject, and I am of
opinion that it does not conflict, but is in harmony with the cases
which have been decided by the Court of Appeals in this state.
The deed, in this particular case, appears to have been
drawn up with much care, and prescribes in very precise terms
the mode in which Mrs. Williams shall dispose of her separate
estate, and I should much apprehend, that by passing the de-
cree prayed for by this bill, I should defeat the object to ac-
complish which the deed was executed.
THOS. DONALDSON, for the Complainant.
Note by the Reporter.—The same question presented in this
case has recently been decided by the Court of Appeals in the
case of Williamson et al vs. Miller and Mayhew, at December
term, 1853, (which has not yet been reported,) and the above
views of the Chancellor are fully sustained in the opinion of
the appellate court in that case, delivered by his honor Chief
Justice Le Grand.
JOSEPH WHITE
vs. DECEMBER TERM, 1819.
JOHN WHITE AND OTHERS.
[DEMURRER TO BILL——MULTIFARIOUSNESS.]
Upon a bill by a partner for an account of the partnership affairs, a party, not
a partner in the firm, cannot be called to account in the capacity of a part-
ner, and he may demur to the bill making him a party.
But if one of the partners has transferred his interest in the partnership to a
third party, such party may be called upon to account for the affairs of the

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