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· 10/15/1893

Johnston v. Stone

Citations

  • 71 Miss. 593

Syllabus

<p>•Chancery Court. Jurisdiction. Multiplicity of suits. Case.</p> <p>One who, in the same transaction, has sold land and personal property, and is being sued by his vendee in ejectment for the land, in replevin for the personal property and 'for the deed to the land which he withholds, cannot, on the ground of multiplicity, enjoin said suits and have them consolidated, although the bill alleges that the defense to them all is the same — namely, a verbal rescission of the sale and adjustment of the matters.</p>

Judges: Cooper

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