Rice v. Donald

The appeal in this case is from an order of the Circuit Court for Frederick County in equity sustaining a demurrer to and dismissing a petition of the appellant which sought in effect to revise a final decree of the Court after its enrollment.

The bill was filed by several of the heirs at law of the late Margaret Donald against the remainder of her heirs for a sale of a certain tract of land of which she died seized for purposes of partition. The Fredericktown Savings Institution which held a mortgage on the property was also made a defendant to the suit.

The bill alleged that Margaret Donald…