Haskin Wood Vulcanizing Co. v. The Cleveland Ship-Building Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from three decrees of the Corporation Court of the city of Alexandria, prouounced June 22, 1894, November 26, 1895, and February 20, 1896, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellants were the defendants.
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Appeal from three decrees of the Corporation Court of the city of Alexandria, prouounced June 22, 1894, November 26, 1895, and February 20, 1896, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellants were the defendants. The bill in this case is in the following words and figures: “To the Honorable J. K. M. Norton, “ Judge of the Corporation Court of the City of Alexandria: “Humbly complaining, your orator, the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company, a corporation incorporated and organized under the laws of the State of Ohio, who sues for itself and all other creditors…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The court is of opinion that the bill in this case is not multifarious, and the demurrer thereto was properly overruled. There is no valid objection to the form of the bill, or its scope. It was proper that the matters of litigation embraced by it should be settled in one suit. The rights of the appellant could suffer no prejudice therefrom, and the convenience of all parties was secured thereby. Bristol Iron & Steel Co. v. Thomas, 93 Va. 25.
The court is further of opinion that, under sec. 1149 of the Code, the trust deed of July 31, 1893, inures to the benefit of all the creditors of…
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