Morgareidge v. Howey

Citations

• 75 Fla. 234
• 78 So. 14

Syllabus

<p>1. The fact that one may be a contract creditor of a partnership does not entitle him to intervene land be made a party to a suit brought to dissolve such partnership.</p> <p>2. The interest which will entitle ,a person to intervene must be in the matter in litigation, and of such a direct and immediate character that the intervenor will either gain tor lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment. In other words, the interest must be that created by |a claim to the demand in suit or some part thereof, or a claim to or lien upon the property or some part 'of it, which is the subject of the litigation.,</p> <p>3. Persons having an interest in the subject of a suit in equity and who are either necessary or proper parties to such suit, if not made so by the complainant, mjay come in by way of application to intervene and be made parties complainant or. defendant, to the end that, their interests may be adjudicated and protected in such suit.</p>