Gervais v. Annapolis Homes, Inc.

Defendants appeal, by leave granted, from the lower court’s order denying their motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ action for misjoinder of parties. The trial court held, under GCB. 1963, 206, that joinder would “promote the convenient administration of justice.”

The 65 plaintiffs named in the complaint are, with the exception of one instance, husbands and wives who purchased 33 homes built and sold to them by defendants. The complaint alleged misrepresenta tions by tbe' defendants and reliance thereon by each of the' plaintiffs. The alleged misrepresentations were: (1) that the assessed valuations…