Hunt v. Stull
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[The bill in this ease was filed for tbe purpose of enforcing a contract for tbe sale of lands. A decree for a sale was passed by default on tbe 30th of May,'1849, and after an advertisement of sale by tbe trustee, a petition was filed by tbe defendant, the vendee, to suspend tbe proceedings of tbe trustee, vacate tbe decree, and for leave to file bis answer, charging misrepresentation by the vendor as to tbe number of acres in tbe tract of land sold him, or that tbe decree…
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[The bill in this ease was filed for tbe purpose of enforcing a contract for tbe sale of lands. A decree for a sale was passed by default on tbe 30th of May,'1849, and after an advertisement of sale by tbe trustee, a petition was filed by tbe defendant, the vendee, to suspend tbe proceedings of tbe trustee, vacate tbe decree, and for leave to file bis answer, charging misrepresentation by the vendor as to tbe number of acres in tbe tract of land sold him, or that tbe decree might be allowed to stand as a security for tbe performance of the contract, after such deductions from tbe purchase…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
On tbe thirtieth of May last, a decree passed for the sale of a parcel of land, for the payment of tbe purchase money therefor, due from tbe defendant to tbe plaintiffs, upon allegations *25and proofs of the embarrassed pecuniary condition of the vendee, showing the vendors to be without adequate remedy at law.
The contract of sale bears date on the 8th of October’, 1847. The property sold is described as a tract of land called “Mother’s Oare,” containing one hundred and seventy-three acres, “more or less;” of which possession was to bo given on the first day of January, 1848, and…
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