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Reports of Cases in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland 1846-1854
Volume 200, Volume 4, Page 96   View pdf image (33K)
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96 HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
in part payment of the purchase money, for a certain piece or
parcel of land, called Friendship, which, he had purchased of
said Hatton, on the 26th of March, 1825, and took from him a
bond of that date, to convey the same, which is also filed with
the bill. That in virtue of this contract he took possession of
part of the land mentioned in the bond, but that Hatton has
always refused and prohibited him from using or occupying a
part thereof, much the most fertile and valuable, contained be-
tween the last or given line and Piney Branch mentioned in the
bond, which said Hatton has used and possessed himself. That
complainant has repeatedly called on said Hatton to complete
the contract and give him a good title to the land, which he has
failed and refused to do. That $800 of the purchase money
has been paid, and he is informed and believes that at no time
before or since the contract, has Hatton been competent to
make a good and sufficent title to him for this land, but that
his title is incomplete, and that there are liens outstanding
against it; that he has failed, when called on, to perfect the
title and to give a good title to complainant. The bill further
charges that a fi. fa. has been issued on said judgment, which
is outstanding and may be levied on complainant's property,
and then prays for an injunction restraining further proceed-
ings thereon, until the title to the land can be made to com-
plainant and he put in possession of the whole land according
to the contract, and for a decree for an allowance for the part
which has not been delivered to him, and for further relief.
Exhibit A., filed with this bill, was a short copy of the judg-
ment against Smallwood, and was in favor of "Peter D. Hatton,
use of Eleanor B. Hatton, administratrix of Nathaniel Hatton."
Exhibit B., was the bond of conveyance for the land, signed by
Hatton, and dated the 26th of March, 1825, in the penalty of
$3000, conditioned for the conveyance to Smallwood of the
land therein described. The description of the land in this
bond is fully stated in the opinion of the Chancellor. The in-
junction was granted as prayed. The land as run out by the
surveyor, by making the home line a straight line, contained
96 acres and 21 perches, but by running the said line with the

 
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