Electronic index to equity cases of St. Mary's County courts. Database identified as SMEQUITY. Equity includes mortgage foreclosures, petitions concerning real and personal property, trust estates, settlements of decedents' estates, contract disputes, divorce, alimony, dissolutions of businesses, insolvencies, injunctions, land sale ratifications, and real and personal property title disputes. Entries give date, case number, names of parties, summary of matter in dispute, and citation. Accessible through names of individuals, firms, and institutions; names of tracts; placenames; and topics such as railroads, mills, and ships. Provides references to the following records: ST. MARY'S COUNTY COURT Equity papers series 1815-1851 [MSA C1591] and ST. MARY'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Equity papers series 1852-1873 [MSA C1592 and CM881].