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184 CHANCERY—PLEADING, PRACTICE, PROCESS. [ART. 16.
decree or decretal order, whenever such decree or order shall have
passed upon argument, oral or in writing, on the part of any of
the parties in such cause; this section not to apply to Baltimore
city.
P. G. L., (1800,) art 18, sec 111. 1833, ch. 283.
156. It shall not be necessary in any case for the foreclosure or
sale of mortgaged property, to make the heirs of the mortgagee
parties to the same, but any decree upon any bill for foreclosure
or sale aforesaid, filed by the executor or administrator of the
mortgagee, shall have the same effect as if the said heirs were
parties.
Worthington v. Lee, 2 Bl 685.
Ibid. sec. 113. 1841, ch. 259.
157. Under any bill of review, or other proceedings to set
aside or reverse any order or decree passed in any case in which
any infant or person non compos mentis was interested, on the
ground that no testimony was taken to prove the allegations in
the bill or petition filed in such case, or that no replication was
put in, it shall be lawful for the person interested to supply said
proof and pleas, in the same manner as the same could have been
furnished under such original bill or petition.
Earle v. Turton, 26 Md. 23. Smith B. Townshend, 27 Md. 368. Gregory
v. Lenning, 54 Md. 51.
Ibid sec. 114. 1820, ch. 161, sec. 8.
158. In deciding on exceptions to answers, the court may
award the costs of the exception and the order thereon to the
party prevailing, including a fee to the solicitor or attorney.
Rule 31.
159. In all cases where the plaintiff may have a joint and
several claim or demand against several persons, either as prin-
cipals or sureties, it shall not be necessary to bring before the
court, as parties to a suit concerning such claim or demand, all the
persons liable thereto; but the plaintiff may proceed against one
or more of the persons severally liable; but the defendant may
at once proceed by petition in the nature of a cross-bill, against
such party as is liable jointly with him, and such party shall be
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