Coombs v. Jordan
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
This was a bill filed on the 18th of July, 1809, by Samuel Coombs, in behalf of himself and the other creditors of Richard Jordan, deceased, against Richard Jordan, Ann Jordan, and James Cook.
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This was a bill filed on the 18th of July, 1809, by Samuel Coombs, in behalf of himself and the other creditors of Richard Jordan, deceased, against Richard Jordan, Ann Jordan, and James Cook. The bill states, that Richard Jordan, deceased, at the time of his death, was indebted to the plaintiff by judgment in the sum of =645 15s. 9|d.; and died intestate possessed of a large personal estate, and seised in fee simple of a large tract of land called Rrambly, leaving the infant defendants Richard and Ann, his only children and heirs; that the defendant Cook, took out letters of administration…
1Opinion of the Court
Kilty, Chancellor.
Decreed, that the property in the proceedings mentioned be sold, that James Cook be, and he is hereby appointed trustee for making the said sale, &c., the one-half of the purchase money to be paid in one year, and the residue in three equal annual payments, with interest from the day of sale, &c.
Under this decree, the trustee reported, that on the 24th day of September, 1810, he sold, subject to the dower of his widow, the real estate of the intestate to Jeremiah Booth, consisting of 397| acres of land, at $>28 50 per acre ; and an undivided half of a lot of land whereon a…
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