HANNAH K. CHASE'S CASE.

year from the expiration of the said fifteen years, and not after-
wards, and upon the payment to him, the said Samuel Chase, his
heirs or assigns, by the said James Bryden, his heirs, executors,
administrators or assigns, of the sum of seventeen thousand five
hundred dollars, in specie money of the United States, or gold coins
as established by act of Congress, passed on the ninth day of Feb-
ruary one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and not in
paper of any kind; although the said James Bryden or his assigns
should by law be authorized to pay paper money in lieu of specie;
and in case of the said James Bryden or his assigns not paying the
said sum of seventeen thousand five hundred dollars in manner
as aforesaid at the expiration of the said fifteen years, but within
the one year thereafter abovementioned, then upon the payment of
the said principal sum, with legal interest thereon until payment
within the said year, in manner and form aforesaid, shall and will
well and truly convey by deed duly acknowledged and recorded
according to law, unto the said James Bryden and his heirs, all that
lot or parcel of ground lying in Baltimore town, now the said city
of Baltimore, and contained within the following courses and dis-
tances, to wit: beginning for the same, &e. &c. together with all
buildings and improvements erected upon the said two lots or par-
cels of ground, and which are particularly described in a deed duly
acknowledged and recorded, and bearing date on the fourth day
of February last, for the conveyance of the said two lots or parcels
of ground by James Clarke to the said Samuel Chase, and in a deed
bearing date on the day of the date hereof, for the lease of the
said two lots or parcels of ground by the said Samuel Chase to the
said James Bryden, for the term of fifteen years from the date of
the said lease, and free from all incumbrances and right and title
of dower whatsoever. Now the condition of the said obligation is
such, that if the said Samuel Chase, his heirs or assigns, shall well
and faithfully observe, perform and keep the said agreement on his
part, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, then the
said obligation shall be void, otherwise in full force and virtue in
law."

All the other material circumstances of the case are sufficiently
noticed by the Chancellor in delivering his opinion after the final
hearing.

On the first of March, 1826, the plaintiff filed her petition, in
which she stated, that the defendant, Samuel Chase, who had the
control and management of the property in which she claimed