402 CHANCERY. [ART. 15

such proceedings may be commenced in either county or in the
city of Baltimore; provided, that in case of any sale of land
under a decree of a court in any county where part only of the
lands lie, a copy of the bill, decree, and trustee's report of sale,
and in case of partition of real estate, a copy of the bill and the
final decree of partition, certified under the official seal by the
clerk of the court in which the proceedings were commenced,
shall be filed in the clerk's office of the court of the county, or
of the city of Baltimore, where any other part of such lands
shall lie; and on receipt of such copies by the clerk of such
court, it shall be his duty forthwith to docket and index the
said bill and other proceedings in his chancery docket, and to
record the same as though said cause hod originated in his
court. When the defendants, or any of them, reside in a differ-
ent county from that in which the land lies which is to be
affected by a suit, the circuit court for the county (or Baltimore
city) where the land or any part thereof lies shall alone have
jurisdiction; and process may be sent to the county or counties
wherein the defendants respectively reside, to be served by the
sheriff of such county or' counties upon the defendants named
therein, and returnable as directed in the summons.

Johnson v. Johnson, 52 Md. 668. Murguiondo v. Hoover, 72 Md. 9.
Dorsey v Omo, 93 Md. 81.

1888, art. 16, sec 73. 1860, art. 16, sec. 59 1852, ch. 16, secs. 5, 6.

84. Where defendants reside in different counties or in a
county and the city of Baltimore, the court where any one of
the defendants resides shall have jurisdiction, and the bill or
other proceedings may be filed or had in such court.

Ibid. sec. 74. 1860, art. 16, sec. 60. 1840, ch. 109, sec. 6. 1841, ch. 303.
1870, ch. 450, sec. 2.

85. In case of the lands of any deceased person which may
lie in more than one county, or in the city of Baltimore, and
one or more counties, becoming liable to the payment of his
debts, or where lands have been or may be mortgaged which
lie in more than one county or in the city of Baltimore and
one or more counties, then all such lands may be sold under a
decree of the court of that county or of the city of Baltimore,
in which the proceedings to sell the same shall be first com-
menced, and in such case a copy of the bill, decree and trus-
tee's report of the sale shall be sent to the clerks of the proper
courts where such lands may respectively lie, to be docketed,
indexed and recorded, as provided in section 83.

Johnson v. Johnson, 52 Md. 668.