Vandalia Coal Co. v. Lawson
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Clay Circuit Court; John M. Iiawley, Judge. Suit by the Vandalia Coal Company against Alexander Lawson and others. From a judgment- for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRoby, J.
This is an appeal from the action of the lower court in sustaining appellees’ joint demurrer to appellant’s complaint. The complaint was a bill in equity 'against eighteen defendants, each o,p whom Lari brought an action at law ag^insL-appellanL to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by them respectively by reason of an explosion in *229appellant’s coalmine. The bill prayed that all the cases be_ tried as one, for the reason that such action would avoid a multiplicity of actions at law and that an injunction issue against further proceedings~m the actions at law.
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