Browne v. Browne
Court of Appeals of Maryland
," Appeal from a decree of the court of chancer/ > dismissing the bill of complaint of the appellants. ; The bill, which was fiied on the 4ih of March ; 1797, states that a certain James Browne of Glasgow? ■ in Scotland, being seised and possessed of a tract of land called “Meagrehalmf* containing 608 acres, lying in ({uecn-Jlnnc's county, of one other tract of land called “Ashley,9> containing 95 acres and one ■ half, adjoining o the first mentioned tract, and of one other…
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," Appeal from a decree of the court of chancer/ > dismissing the bill of complaint of the appellants. ; The bill, which was fiied on the 4ih of March ; 1797, states that a certain James Browne of Glasgow? ■ in Scotland, being seised and possessed of a tract of land called “Meagrehalmf* containing 608 acres, lying in ({uecn-Jlnnc's county, of one other tract of land called “Ashley,9> containing 95 acres and one ■ half, adjoining o the first mentioned tract, and of one other tract, of land called «llobls-s Venture," containing 8,81 acres., lying in Caroline county, and intending to convey the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hanson, Chancellor,
(7th March 1799.) “The ease of the complainants, if they cannot succeed, is a Jiard one. It is always to be wished that what appears to have been a kind of family compact for settling their property on a fair and reasonable footing, should be carried into execution. But if the complainants counsel are acquainted with any decision or precedent Which may authorise a decree according to their wish» es, it is necessary for them to apprise the chancellor Where the case is to be found. Many are the cases of disappointment and hardship sustained in consequence of the neglect or.…
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