Petition #20983526
- Baltimore County, Maryland. September 22, 1835. - February 6, 1838.
- Court: Equity
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Judges of Baltimore County Court Sitting in Equity
Abstract
The "aforesaid females [petitioners], together with the female defendants ... and others who have departed this life without leaving representatives, some years since formed themselves into a society, styled The Colored Female Benevolent Society of Baltimore." By mutual contributions they raised a large sum of money which they used to purchase property in trust in 1827 under the name of Robert Prout. They improved the property and from time to time rented it out for a profit. The petitioners and defendants used the property equally until recently when the defendants took possession of the property and all of its rents and profits. Now the petitioners request the court to compel the defendants to properly account for all income related to the Society's operations and to direct a sale of the lot and its premises, allowing for an equal distribution of the proceeds among the members.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 4
- Related documents: PARs #20981310, #20983810, #20984010, #20985316, #20985330, #20986214; Indenture, Elisha Badger to Robert Prout, 27 August 1827; Court Summary, 22 September 1835--3 October 1839; Petition to Amend Bill, Ellen Greenwood, et al., 1 December 1836; Amended Bill, Ellen Greenwood, et al., 1 December 1836; Supplemental Petition, Ellen Greenwood, et al., 22 April 1837; Notice, 16 December 1837; Advertisements, 8 February 1838, 9 February 1838; Trustee's Report, 28 March 1838; Attachment, 20 October 1837; Summons, Catharine Prout, 22 April 1837; Affidavit of Freedom, William Deaver, 5 January 1838; Order, 1 December 1836
- Pages of related documents: 31
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Records of the Baltimore County Court, Chancery Papers
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