304 CONTEE v. DAWSON.
And it is further Decreed, that the said appellant Eleanor Daw-
ion, executrix of William Daw son, deceased, pay to the said ap-
pellees Edmund H. Contee, and Eleanor his wife, Josias Hawkins,
and Caroline Ashton his wife, Elizabeth Clerklee, Margaret Clerklee,
and Sarah Emily Clerklee, respectively, the residue of the sums of
money with interest, which are herein before respectively adjudged
to them out of any assets of the said William Dawson, deceased,
which since the date of her last administration account have come,
or may hereafter come into her hands as executrix or otherwise.
And it is further Decreed, that the said Eleanor Dawson, execu-
trix of William Dawson, deceased, pay into the Court of Chancery
to the credit of this cause, the sum of $3,929, with interest
thereon until paid in, from the 22d day of January, 1823, agreea-
bly to account E, herewith filed. And in case James Dawson,
his executors, or administrators, shall establish his claim, in this
cause mentioned, against the estate of the late William Dawson,
to the satisfaction of the Chancellor within a reasonable time, to be
limited by the Chancellor, then, that the said sum shall be paid
over to the said James Dawson, his executors, or administrators;
but in case the said James Dawson, his executors, or administra-
tors, shall not establish his claim as aforesaid, then that the said
sum shall be distributed by the Chancellor equally among the said
appellees Edmund H. Contee, and Eleanor his wife, Josias Haw-
kins, and Caroline Ashton his wife, Elizabeth Clerklee, Margaret
Clerklee, and Sarah Emily Clerklee.
And it is further Decreed, that this cause be and the same is
hereby remanded to the Court of Chancery. And the said appel-
lant Eleanor Dawson, executrix of William Dawson, is hereby re-
quired from time to time to account for all further assets of the said
William Dawson which, since the date of her second administration
account, have come or shall hereafter come to her hands as execu-
trix aforesaid, or otherwise; which shall be distributed under the
Chancellor's direction in conformity with this decree. And the
Chancellor is hereby authorized to pass all such orders as from
time to time may be required to carry this decree into effect.
After which, Eleanor Contee, Josias Hawkins and wife, Margaret
Clerklee, Elizabeth Clerklee, and Sarah E. Clerklee, by their peti-
tion, exhibiting therewith, a certified copy of this decree of the
Court of Appeals, stated that since the passing of that decree,
Edmund H. Contee had died, whereupon his interest had survived
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