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Case No. 8,739.
    McCULLOCH v. McLAIN.
    [1 Cranch, C. C. 304.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    March Term, 1806.
    Wills — Real Property — Charge ox to Pat Debts.
    The words, “I will, in the first place, that my just debts be paid,” charge the real estate with the payment of the debts.
    Bill in equity [by McCulloch against Mc-Lain’s executors] to charge real estate with the payment of debts. The words of the will were, “I will, in the first place, that my just debts be paid by my executors.” The testator then devises all his estate, real and personal, to trustees, and makes them executors. The authorities cited for the complainant were: 1 Eq. Cas. Abr. 198; 2 Eq. Cas. Abr. 371, 372; and Trott v. Vernon, 2 Vern. 708.
   THE COURT

decreed a sale of the real estate.