Goldsborough v. Ringgold

The Chancellor:

This case is brought before the court upon the petition of Martha R. Ringgold, filed on the 5th of May, 1844.

It appears by the proceedings, that, on the 2d of April, 1836, the real estate of William Ringgold, deceased, was sold under a *240decree of this court, upon a creditor’s bill, for the payment of his debts, and that William Emory became the purchaser thereof ; which sale was duly reported to the court in a few days thereafter, and was finally ratified and confirmed on the 20th of the succeeding month of June. The land was sold for $24 52 per acre, and, according to the…