Reed's Heirs & Administrators v. Chambers
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity side of Kent county court. The present bill was filed by the appellee against the appellants, to recover a sum of money, the proceeds of certain real estate, which, under the circumstances detailed by the judge who delivered the opinion of this court, had been paid to the clerk of Kent county court, and by him deposited in bank. The county court decreed the money to the complainant, and from that decree the defendant prosecuted an appeal to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, J.
The question in this case arises upon the following statement of facts: On the 18th of October, 1829, Gen. Philip Reed sold to Richard Spencer a tract of land in Kent county, for the sum of seven thousand dollars ; which land was afterwards, on the 1st day of December, in the same year, sold by Spencer to the complainant. Prior to the sale from Reed to Spencer, the farm had been mortgaged to Gettings *493for the sum of three thousand dollars; and the land was then subject to sundry liens arising from judgments against jReed, which, together with the mortgage, amounted to more than the purchase…
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