Case Name: Peter Saunders's Heirs v. Thomson F. Mason
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1838-10
Citations: 5 Cranch 470
Docket Number: 
Parties: Peter Saunders’s Heirs v. Thomson F. Mason.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 5
Pages: 470–470

Head Matter:
Peter Saunders’s Heirs v. Thomson F. Mason.
If there is no person in existence competent to receive payment of the debt, to secare •which property has been conveyed in trust, the Court will, after a lapse of sixteen years, decree a conveyance by the trustee to the heirs of the debtor.
Bill in equity by the heirs of Peter Saunders, stating that their ancestor conveyed a real estate to the defendant, Thomson F. Mason, in trust to secure a debt due by him to the Franklin Bank, whose charter expired sixteen years ago, and there has not since been any person competent to receive payment of the debt; and praying that the property may be conveyed to.plaintiffs.
The facts were admitted by the defendant, the trustee.
Mr. Semmes, for the plaintiffs,
cited Cruise, tit. 12, Trust, c. 1.

Opinion:
The Court
(Morsell, J.,
absent,) decreed a conveyance, according to the prayer of the bill.