Symmes v. Strong

The Chancellor.

The controversy between the parties is in reference to a bond and mortgage, given, in 1866, by Elizabeth GL McDowell and Mary A. Bennett and her husband to William Selover, deceased, late of the county of Middlesex, for $3,100 and interest.

*132Mr. Selover died intestate, on the 16th of September, 1866, leaving a widow and two children. One of the latter is dead. On the 16th of October, 1866, letters of administration on his estate were issued to Andrew McDowell, who filed an inventory in which the bond and mortgage were included. Mr. McDowell died before completing the…