Hall v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Cross-Appeals from the Equity side of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County: Bill in Equity filed by Jones and others against Hall and. others, November 9th, 1857. - These appeals are taken from an order of the Court below, (Grain, J.,) passed June 9th, 1860: the appeal of Hall and others from that part of the decree directing a conveyance of the legal title to the land in question to the complainants; and the appeal of the complainants from so much of said decree as…
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Cross-Appeals from the Equity side of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County: Bill in Equity filed by Jones and others against Hall and. others, November 9th, 1857. - These appeals are taken from an order of the Court below, (Grain, J.,) passed June 9th, 1860: the appeal of Hall and others from that part of the decree directing a conveyance of the legal title to the land in question to the complainants; and the appeal of the complainants from so much of said decree as dismissed said bill as to Richard H. Hall. The facts of this case arc further stated in the opinion of this Court : 1st.…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldsborough, J.
On the first of January 1843, Joseph Isaac one of the defendants to the bill, filed in this case, sold to one Jacob T. Hall the land in controversy for seven hundred dollars. The land had descended in fee-simple to the children of Isaac, as the heirs at law of their mother; he being tenant by the curtesy. His children, with one exception, were minors at the time of the sale. When Hall purchased, he gave his note to Isaac for the $700, with Joseph J. Jones as surety. The purchase money was to be paid in *445’ilscir usual instalments. At the time when the first instalment became due, Hall paid it;…
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