1835.

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 130.

CHAP. 130.

Passed Mar. 6, 1836

An act to confirm and make valid the title of Horatio C.

Scott, to a house and lot of ground, in the town of

Upper Marlborough.

Preamble

WHEREAS, it appears to this General Assembly, that

by the last will and testament of the late John Hodges

of Thomas, of Prince George's county, deceased, cer-

tain real estate lying in the town of Upper Marlborough,

in said county, including the house and lot of ground

hereinafter mentioned, was devised to be sold by his

executors therein named, and the proceeds of sale to

he equally divided between his three daughters, Caro-

line, wife of a certain Alexander Mundell, Mary

Ellen, wife of a certain Benjamin B. Hodges, and

Cornelia Hodges; And whereas, after an unsuccessful

attempt to make said sale by the said executors, the

said devisees agreed to divide said real estate among

themselves at certain valuations, mutually agreed up-

on by them, and upon said division the house and lot of

ground, hereinafter mentioned, was assigned and al-

lotted to the said Alexander Mundell and Caroline, his

wife, as their one third share of the said real estate;

And whereas also, after said division, the said Alexan-

der Mundell made sale of said house and lot, to the

said Horatio C. Scott, at and for the sum of one thou-

sand dollars, and executed to him a bond of conveyance

for the same, obligating himself to secure and guran-

tee, to the said Horatio C. Scott, a clear and unincum-

bered title, in fee simple, to the same; And whereas,

the said Alexander Mundell, and Caroline, his wife,

have both departed this life without making any con-

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veyance of the same to the said Horatio C. Scott, and

have left as their heirs at law three infant children, to

wit: — John H. Mundell, Ann Rebecca Mundell and

Thomas A. Mundell, and the said Horatio C. Scott,

with a view to obtain a decree for the conveyance of

the said house and lot, on the ninth day of October in

the year eighteen hundred and thirty-four, filed his bill

of complaint in Prince George's county court, setting

as a court of equity, as well against the said infant