Jameson v. Colburn

In order to bring a case into the Court, all the parties must join in the writ of error, else it will be quashed, or the case dismissed at the mere motion of the Court.-Phelps vs. Ellsworth,a Callaghan vs. Carr.b

It is competent for one, who considers himself aggrieved by a judgment against him, to use the name of his co-defendants in prosecuting a writ of error, without first obtaining their consent; and if, upon the cause coming into the appellate Court, either of the plaintiffs in error decline joining in the assignment of errors, he should be summoned, and on fhil-ure to join, he severed,…