Campbell's Case
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
This bill was filed on the 22d of January, 1824, by Edward Campbell, Randolph Campbell, James Cunningham, and Catherine his wife, against John McHenry, It states, that William Campbell, the father of these plaintiffs, Edward, Randolph, and Catherine, being seized and possessed of a large real and personal estate, on the 8th of September, 1821, made his will, by yrhich he gave the whole of his property to the plaintiff, Edward, and the defendant, in trust, as follows : ‘All…
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This bill was filed on the 22d of January, 1824, by Edward Campbell, Randolph Campbell, James Cunningham, and Catherine his wife, against John McHenry, It states, that William Campbell, the father of these plaintiffs, Edward, Randolph, and Catherine, being seized and possessed of a large real and personal estate, on the 8th of September, 1821, made his will, by yrhich he gave the whole of his property to the plaintiff, Edward, and the defendant, in trust, as follows : ‘All my lands in Baltimore comity to be sold for the payment of my debts ; and if the proceeds thereof, together with the…
1Opinion of the Court
Bland, Chancellor.
This case standing ready for hearing, and having been submitted, the proceedings were read and considered.
Whereupon it is Decreed, that for the payment of the debts, and the execution of the trusts as specified in the last will and testament of the said late William Campbell, the said John McHenry and Edward Campbell, the trustees named and appointed by the said testator, forthwith proceed to make sale of the property and estate of the testator, according to the directions of his last will and testament, in such manner, and upon such terms as they may deem most advantageous…
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