McLendon v. Pass

Citations

• 66 Miss. 110

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction. Separate demands against defendant.</p> <p>A plaintiff having- two or more separate canses of action against a defendant, springing out of several and distinct transactions, each of which is within the jurisdiction of a justice court, may institute separate suits thereon in such court, although the aggregate of the demands exceeds the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars.</p> <p>2. Same. Consolidating suits. Costs.</p> <p>Where such separate suits are brought in a court having jurisdiction of each, and also of the aggregate, of the demands, the court should protect the defendant against unnecessary costs by consolidating the suits; and if the motive is to harass the defendant, the plaintiff should be taxed with all unnecessary costs.</p>