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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
were to acquire this property we think they would take it subject to either the Bank debt if unsatisfied or subject to the equitable title of the Bank if the title still remains in the Bank or the equitable title of Price under the Bank. If Price has regularly acquired an equitable title it is then a question of some moment if the property is worth pursuing under those clogs; which we consider incident to success the debt with the accumalated Interest will be great nor are we sure that the proceeds of the property would be decreed equal to the accruing Interest of the debt ·we have not been favoured with a view of the second opinion of the Supreme Court as regards this title but the Law of the Land protects Equitable titles against heirs or purchasers with Notice and are inclined to think to pursue this case would be incuring Cost expense and trouble that even success would not remunerate Signed Oct 23d 1826 JOHN ScoTT and BEVERLY ALT...IN from the above oppenion the1·e is but a poor prospect of ever re- ceving anything from that Estate. I have wrote to Edward Bates for his oppinion as he stands now next to the head of the Bar and ~as been employed in the 11.bove mentiond case [he] has had an opertunity of becoming acquanted with the [title] of that prop- erty but he has not answered my letter yet. [My] opinion is dif- ferent from Scott and Allins I wiJl write [of it later?] °"re received 8t.ephens letter of 21st August forwarded by [Co1] ]Vfntson although that letter was very full ·we are [sorry] Co 1 Matson did not call on us as he could hnve [given] more minute information than the Bounds of a letter would admit of. Your acquantances in this country are I beleave quite well. You will have heard of the death of Mrs. w·m C Carr and his only son before this reaches you they both died in a short time of each other. 1\1• Carr is our Circuit Judge he was here not long since he enquired very particularly after you both. Now for Famaly matters We have added since our marage two to our famaly a son and daughter prety well in two years. Stephen is a fine healthy child and Emily Rosannah is a fine girl six weeks old if we keep on as we have begun we will soon have to. retreat to the west for land t.o occupie the rest of the children are all very well. Joel and Aust.in·goes to· school and are improving som~ under .M• Brickey['s] direction ~hough not so fast as J think they might under a better teacher Write to us often as we are allways anxious to hear from you J.A. 8 • F. PERHY [In Margins:] S. your old flame Miss Isabella H?rd [has turned] methodist and is going to heaven as fast as possible. Mrs. John
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