Meek v. Spracher
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Tazewell county, rendered on the 7th day of November, 1889, in the chancery cause wherein William L. Spracher was complainant and Joseph Meek, the appellant, and Joseph B. Greever were defendants.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Tazewell county, rendered on the 7th day of November, 1889, in the chancery cause wherein William L. Spracher was complainant and Joseph Meek, the appellant, and Joseph B. Greever were defendants. The case arose as follows: On the 10th day of December, 1885, an exchange of lands, in said county, was made between Meek and Spracher, the former receiving a tract of land in Burk’s ■Garden and the bonds of Spracher and Greever for $2,300, in exchange for a tract of land lying on Bluestone river, near the town of Graham, at the junction of the New River and…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
The first assignment is, that the court below erred in over, ruling the demurrer to the bill, because of the misjoinder of Joseph B. Greever as a party defendant, and because the fraud and misrepresentations in the bill are not clearly charged, and because there was an adequate remedy at law.
The grounds of error will be considered in the order in which they are stated: 1st. As to the misjoinder of Greever. It is the general rule in equity that all persons interested in the subject-matter of the bill, and which is involved in and affected by the result of the suit, must be made parties.…
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