Wright v. Woodland
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this cause was filed on the 28th Sepember 1838, by Thomas H. Wright of the city of Baltimore, and alleged that about the 21st of March 1827, he was seized in fee simple of real estate in Kent county in this State, and containing four hundred acres of land or thereabouts; that being so seized, on the day and year aforesaid, he sold and contracted to convey unto a certain James Woodland, then of Cecil county, the said lands and…
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this cause was filed on the 28th Sepember 1838, by Thomas H. Wright of the city of Baltimore, and alleged that about the 21st of March 1827, he was seized in fee simple of real estate in Kent county in this State, and containing four hundred acres of land or thereabouts; that being so seized, on the day and year aforesaid, he sold and contracted to convey unto a certain James Woodland, then of Cecil county, the said lands and premises, at and for the price of $7240, and gave to the said James Woodland a bond of conveyance for the said estate, the…
1Opinion of the Court
At this term the Court of Appeals decided that, the decree of the Court of Chancery dismissing the bill of the complainant, be reversed, with costs in both courts; that the bill be taken pro confesso against the absent defendants, J. W. and wife, and that the lands mentioned in the proceedings be sold for the payment of the balance of the purchase money due the complainant, with interest thereon and costs of suit. That T. P. S. be and he is hereby appointed trustee, &c. The decree then proceeded to give directions as usual in chancery, and remanded the cause for further proceedings in…
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