Gillespie v. Creswell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Chancery, A bill was filed on the 16th February, 1819, by Samuel C. Hall and Robert Evans on behalf of themselves and such other creditors of John Creswell the elder, as might come in, against his executor, heirs and devisees, to subject his real estate for .sale, on the ground of the insufficiency of his personal estate to pay his debts.
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Appeal from Chancery, A bill was filed on the 16th February, 1819, by Samuel C. Hall and Robert Evans on behalf of themselves and such other creditors of John Creswell the elder, as might come in, against his executor, heirs and devisees, to subject his real estate for .sale, on the ground of the insufficiency of his personal estate to pay his debts. Hall claimed a debt due him arising from his endorsement of notes for CreswelPs accommodation; and Evans as his security on a sheriff’s bond entered into by Creswell. Various answers were filed, disclaiming knowledge of the complainant’s claims,…
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, C. J.
The original bill was filed by Samuel C. Hall and Robert Evans on the 16th of February, 1819, in behalf of themselves *47and other creditors who might become parties, to subject the real estate of which John Creswell the elder died seized to sale, for the payment of their respective claims against his estate, the personal property being insufficient.
It has been urged in argument by the counsel for the appellees, that at the time of filing the bill the claims of the appellants were barred by the act of limitations, which is pleaded and set up in the answers; and on that ground the bill was…
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