Ray v. Teabout
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Winneshiek Circuit Court. Tins is an action in equity in the nature of a creditors’ bill, by which it is sought to subject certain real estate to the payment of the debts of the insolvent partnership of Teabout & Yalleau. The said real estate consists of a number of tracts of land, the legal titles to which are held in severalty by the defendants in the case. There was a trial to the court, and a decree was entered for the defendants. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Rothrock, Ch. J.
A number of parties were joined as plaintiffs. Each party plaintiff is the holder of a valid claim against the insolvent partnership. The lands which it is sought to subject to the payment of these claims are situated partly in Winneshiek and partly in other counties in this state, and some of the defendants are non-residents of Winneshiek county, the place where the action was brought and tried. Much of the argument of counsel for appellants is devoted to the question as to whether the bill is multifarious, and whether there is a misjoinder of parties. In the view we take of…
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