Georgia Pacific Ry. Co. v. Brooks
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Oktibbeha county. Hon. T. B. Graham, Chancellor. The appellees, B. M. & J. M. Brooks, citizens of the state of Georgia, contracted on June 9, 1888, with the appellant company to build and construct for it eleven miles of railroad in this state.
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From the chancery court of Oktibbeha county. Hon. T. B. Graham, Chancellor. The appellees, B. M. & J. M. Brooks, citizens of the state of Georgia, contracted on June 9, 1888, with the appellant company to build and construct for it eleven miles of railroad in this state. The contract, which is mainly set out in a printed form, contained an extended and minute specification of the terms upon which the work was to be performed, and the conditions upon which the price was to be paid. Before executing the contract, the said appellees signed and delivered to the appellant a written proposal or…
1Opinion of the CourtArnold, C. J.
Without attempting to define the general rule, if there is any on the subject, as to what constitutes multifariousness in a bill in chancery, it is sufficient for the purposes of this case to say, that § 1886 of the code declares, that “the uniting in one bill of several distinct and unconnected matters of equity, against the same defendants, shall not be an objection to the bill,” and that under this provision of the code, the bill here, is not objectionable as being multifarious.
The bill shows no cause for relief on account of the contractors being defrauded in making the original contract.…
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