Mr Justice M'LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court.
This cause is certified from the eastern district of the circuit court in Virginia, the judges of that court being divided in opinion.
The legal question arose out of the following facts, which are substantially stated by the defendant's counsel. Mann Page the second, having made his will, died in 1803, leaving a large estate, real and personal, the whole being charged with the payment of his debts.
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