Simmons v. Tongue
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
This was a creditor’s bill filed on the 15th of July, 1826, by William Simmons, Richard Simmons, James Owens, and John Sell•* man, against Benjamin Tongue, Elizabeth Tongue, Sarah Tongue, Thomas I. Hall, John JY. Watkins, and William Énnis.
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This was a creditor’s bill filed on the 15th of July, 1826, by William Simmons, Richard Simmons, James Owens, and John Sell•* man, against Benjamin Tongue, Elizabeth Tongue, Sarah Tongue, Thomas I. Hall, John JY. Watkins, and William Énnis. The bill states, that the late Thomas Tongue, at the time of his death, was indebted to the plaintiff William Simmons by notes and open account to the amount of $448 17; to the plaintiff Richard Simmons by note in the sum of $500; to the plaintiff James Owens in the sum of $304 15 on an open account; and to the plaintiff John Sellman on open account and a…
1Opinion of the Court
Bland, Chancellor.
Decreed, that the real estate of the late Thomas Tongue be sold for the payment of his debts; that Robert Garner be appointed trustee to make the sale, &c. that one-third of the purchase money be paid in cash, one-third in six months, and the residue in twelve months from the day of sale, with interest, &c. and that the trustee give notice to the creditors of Thomas Tongue, deceased, to file the *344vouchers of their claims in the Chancery office within four months from the day of sale.
Ann Tongue the widow, on the 24th of January, 1827, filed her petition, in which she stated,…
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