Town of Sullivan v. Phillips
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Sullivan Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.
Several owners of lots abutting on one of the streets of the town of Sullivan joined in the complaint ip this suit, and asked a decree enjoining the town *321from constructing a drain along the street on which their lots abut.
It is contended by the appellant that the appellees can not maintain a joint suit. We think otherwise. They are all jointly interested in preventing the wrong sought to be enjoined, and will all suffer injury from it, so that they are jointly interested, although the degree of injury that may be ¡suffered may not be the same to each individual. The complaint makes a case…
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