CONTEE v. DAWSON. 299

when it happened. And consequently, the auditor was correct
in this instance, in assuming the 15th of October, 1818, as the
day of the death of Margaret R. Clerklee.

Whereupon it is DECREED, that the statement marked B, as
made and reported by the auditor, be and the same is hereby
ratified and confirmed; and that all other parts of the report of
the auditor, with the exceptions of the parties thereto, which are
in any manner at variance with the said statement marked B,
are hereby rejected and overruled.

And it is further Decreed, that the defendant Eleanor Dawson,
pay or bring into this court to be paid unto the said Edmund H.
Contee, and Eleanor R. Contee his wife, the sum of $3,064 24,
with interest on the sum of $1,991 92, part thereof, from the 19th
day of September last until paid or brought into court; and that
the defendant Eleanor Dawson, pay or bring into this court to be
paid unto the said Josias Hawkins, and Caroline Ashton Hawkins
his wife, the sum of $3,186 11, with interest on the sum of
$2,316 61, part thereof, from the 19th day of September last until
paid or brought into court; and that the defendant Eleanor Daw-
son, pay or bring into this court to be paid unto the said Elizabeth
Clerklee, the sum of $3,257 90, with interest on the sum of
$2,600 77, part thereof, from the 19th day of September last until
paid or brought into this court; and that the defendant Eleanor
Dawson, pay or bring into this court to be paid unto the said
Margaret Clerklee, the sum of $3,296 52, with interest on the sum
of $3,016 03, part thereof, from the 19th day of September last
until paid or brought into court; and that the defendant Eleanor
Dawson, bring into this court the sum of $3,296 52, with interest
on the sum of $3,016 03, part thereof, from the 19th day of Sep-
tember last until brought into court to be invested or disposed of
as this court shall direct; and to be paid unto the said Sarah
Emily Clerklee, on her attaining her full age or on her marriage;
or on her death happening before either of those events, to be paid
over as this court shall direct. And that the defendant Eleanor
Dawson, pay the costs of this suit, to be taxed by the register.

From this decree the defendant Eleanor appealed; upon which
the Court of Appeals, by verbal directions caused several accounts
to be stated, which accounts and the decree of that court thereupon
are as follows: