Arcadia Mercantile Co. v. Branning

Citations

• 59 Fla. 428

Syllabus

<p>1. A bill of complaint may be deemed to be multifarious when it states distinct, separate and independent equities that can better be adjudicated in more than one suit. Unless multifariousness clearly appears from the allegations of a bill of complaint it is not subject to a demurrer on that ground.</p> <p>2. Where the parties complainant in an equity proceeding have a common interest in the subject of the litigation and have some relation to each other growing out of the common interest and the allegations are of a single distinct equity as to which a specific relief' is prayed against a single defendant, the bill of complaint is not multifarious.</p>