Davis v. Simpson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Chancery in vour of the complainants in that court. The case is sufficiently stated in the Chancellor’s decree, and in the opinion of this court. ' ' Kilty, Chancellor, (February term 1817.) It appears, from the papers in this, cause, that a petition was filed for a sale under the will of- A. Simpson, by A. Davis, the sent defendant, on which a decree was passed, and the sales thereon ratified, as well as those before made under an…
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Appeal from a decree of the Court of Chancery in vour of the complainants in that court. The case is sufficiently stated in the Chancellor’s decree, and in the opinion of this court. ' ' Kilty, Chancellor, (February term 1817.) It appears, from the papers in this, cause, that a petition was filed for a sale under the will of- A. Simpson, by A. Davis, the sent defendant, on which a decree was passed, and the sales thereon ratified, as well as those before made under an erroneous impression; in which last mentioned sales was included the one which is the subject of this suit. These sales were…
1Opinion of the CourtEarle, J.
The appellant in this cause was appointed executor of the will of Solomon Simpson, with authority to sell his real and personal estate, to raise a fund for the payment of legacies bequeathed by the will. He accepted the trust, and actually sold the whole estate, to the amount of g 15,228 12, more than 87000 of which was purchased by JEneas Campbell. Among other things he purchased the dwelling estate of the trustee at the price of ten dollars and ten cents per acre., and the purchase amounted to 84541 23f. The possession of the property, real and personal, purchased by Campbell, never passed…
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