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556 NEALE v. HAGTHROP.
right of the said John Hook, as one of the heirs of law of the
said Anthony Hook; and that the plaintiff may have such other
and further relief in the premises as the nature of the case may
require, &c.
To this bill the defendants McMechen, Cator, Moore and Hughes,
put in their answers on the 10th of July, 1821.
McMechen answered separately, which he styles his answer, 'to
the bill of complaint of James Neale and others representatives of
Anthony Hook, deceased; ' and says that by a deed, bearing date
on the 9th of September, 1803, the defendants Hagthrop and wife,
in consideration of $400, conveyed to him four acres or thereabouts
of the ten acre lot; which deed, exhibited with and made a part of
his answer, after referring to the lease from Richard Moale to An-
thony Hook) says, 'and whereas the said Anthony Hook did after-
wards, by his deed of assignment duly executed, acknowledged
and recorded among the land records of Baltimore County Court,
for the consideration mentioned, assign, transfer, and set over
unto the aforesaid John Hook, his executors, administrators and
assigns, all and singular the aforesaid piece of ground and pre-
mises. And whereas the said John Hook has since departed this
life and the said Barbara hath obtained letters of administration on
his estate, and since then intermarried with the aforesaid Edward
Hagthrop; ' that under this deed he took possession of the land so
conveyed, and rented it as a brick-yard for several years, and paid
the taxes up to the year 1819, 'and during all which time several
of the said complainants resided in the neighbourhood of said land,
well knowing that this defendant had so become the purchaser of
the said land. ' That he advertised the land to be leased at public
sale, at which sale the defendants. Moore, Hughes and Cator, be-
came purchasers of leases; 'that the said sale was in the neigh-
bourhood of the said complainants or some of them, and on the
premises. ' That he, this defendant, has paid the paving taxes
amounting to about $480; and 'this defendant saith, that the said
purchase of the said lands, by this defendant, from the adminis-
trator aforesaid, was bona fide, and without notice of any claim or
claims on the said land by the said complainants or any of them. '
The defendant Cator also styles his response his separate an-
swer cto the bill of complaint of James Neale and others representa-
tives of Anthony Hook, deceased; ' and says, that he purchased at
a public auction some time in the month of April, or May, 1818,
of the defendant McMechen, a lease of ninety-nine years renewable
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