Steuart v. Beard
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[The hill in this case was filed for the sale of the real estate ' of John Beard, deceased, for the purpose of paying his debts.
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[The hill in this case was filed for the sale of the real estate ' of John Beard, deceased, for the purpose of paying his debts. It alleges, in substance, that complainant, as executor of George H. Steuart, deceased, and acting under his will, sold a tract of land to John Beard, on the 15th of April, 1839, for which the latter was to pay §3000, secured by his six promissory notes, each for §500, and dated the day and year aforesaid, and payable at one, two, three, four, five and six years from date; that for the purpose of further securing the payment of this purchase money, it was proposed…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
The deed from Louis Gassaway to the complainant, dated the 11th of December, 1840, conveys the property therein described, subject to the terms set forth in an exhibit marked B., and filed in the cause therein referred to. That exhibit does not appear among the proceedings in this case, but the complainant in his bill, alleges that by the terms of the deed from Mr. Gassaway to him, the property conveyed was vested in him to secure the payment of the sum of $507 25, the amount paid by him to Gassaway, with the interest thereon, and the six promissory notes given by Beard for the…
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