Speakman v. International Pulverizing Corp.

Two of the complainants in this cause are residents of this state and four are non-residents. The defendants have applied for an order requiring the non-resident complainants to give security for costs in accordance with section 8 of the Chancery act (Revision of 1902). 1 Comp. Stat. p. 413.

In the case of Jones v. Knauss, 33 N.J. Eq. 188, Vice-Chancellor Van Fleet held that a non-resident complainant will not be required to give security for costs if he is joined with a resident complainant, which practice seems to have been followed in this court.

The statute in effect at the time…