Callaghan v. Carr

*22The opinion of the court was delivered by

Chief Justice Boyle.

This is a writ of error to a decree in chancery. The decree was given in favor of the defendant in error, who was complainant in the court below, against the plaintiffs in error, and others, defendants, directing each of them to convey to him by metes and bounds, distinct tracts or parcels of land, held by them respectively in severalty, anij not jointly.

Whether the decree be considered a joint or a several one, it is equally clear that the writ of error is irregularly brought ⅛ the names of the plaintiffs in error. If it be assumed…