Jones v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill was filed on the 7th February 1835, by the appellant against the' appellees, and amended on the 14th June 1S38. The amended bill alleged, that C. C. Jones being largely indebted to Clement Smith and others, the said C. S. filed a bill against him, praying for the sale of certain mortgaged premises; that it decree was obtained, and on the 7th April 1S23, the lands and personal property of C. C, J. were sold under such decree, and…
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill was filed on the 7th February 1835, by the appellant against the' appellees, and amended on the 14th June 1S38. The amended bill alleged, that C. C. Jones being largely indebted to Clement Smith and others, the said C. S. filed a bill against him, praying for the sale of certain mortgaged premises; that it decree was obtained, and on the 7th April 1S23, the lands and personal property of C. C, J. were sold under such decree, and purchased by Clement Smith for the sum of $23,976. That after such sale, it was proposed on behalf of Smith, that if the…
1Opinion of the CourtDorsey, J.
The ground of complaint most strenuously relied on by the plaintiff below, against the orders from which he has appealed, is, that, in virtue of a direction from the chancellor to the auditor, the sum of $7275.65 has been assumed in account E, as the balance due, on the 30th June, in the year 1837, from the late Charles C. Jones to Clement Smith, and which was a preferred lien on the Clean Drinking farm, and the personal property thereon, sold many years before by the latter to (lie former. On the day and year aforesaid, the said property was conveyed, with all his interest therein, by the…
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