Bank of the United States v. RITCHIE

This is an appeal from a decree pronounced by the United States court for the District of Columbia, sitting in chancery, for the county of Washington.

The Bank of the United States and others, alleging themselves to be creditors of Abner Ritchie deceased, instituted this suit in chancery against John T. Ritchie administrator, and one of the heirs of the said Abner, and against John T. Ritchie, Jun. and others, who were the infant heirs of the said Abner, praying that his real estate may be subjected to the payment of the debts due to them, and that so much of the said estate might be sold as…