 ... when the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all.  The Federal Reporter - Page 3321919Full view - About this book
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 776 pages
...of the township. This right is claimed under section 2763 of the Revision, which is as follows : " "When the question is one of common or general interest to many persons, or when the partiea are very numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court,... | |
 | Thomas Foster Withrow, Edward Holcomb Stiles - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 720 pages
...or general Interest to many persons, or when the parties arc very numerous and It is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue ordefend for the benefit of the whole. SEC. -7ti4. where two or more persons are bound by contract,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Hun - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 902 pages
...other things, provided : " When the parties are very numerous and it may be impracticable to bring them before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of the whole." Angell & Ames, in their work on Corporations,* thus state the rule : " The general... | |
 | New York (State). - Civil procedure - 1876 - 498 pages
...general interest of many persons ; or when the parties are very numerous and it may be impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of the whole. 2 120. Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, inclnding... | |
 | Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 480 pages
...Legislature wisely provided that, where the parties are very numerous, and it may be impracticable to bring them all before the Court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of the whole. (Civ. Code, g 381.) This provision is but declaratory of a rule of equity, which... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - Actions and defenses - 1876 - 924 pages
...general interest of many persons, or when the parties are very numerous and it may be impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of the whole." l § 389. Following the course which has generally been adopted thus far, I... | |
 | California, Theodore Henry Hittell - Law - 1876 - 986 pages
...common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all. 10.383. Plaintiff may sue in one action the different parlies to commercial paper.... | |
 | California - Civil procedure - 1876 - 890 pages
...common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all. IdaL 55; 6Cal. 506; 7 Cal, 330; HCal.531; IS Cal. 145; 27 Cal. SO 44 id. 392. $ 383.... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1876 - 398 pages
...where the persons, who might be made parties, are very numerous, and ew ° eit may be impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all. § 449. An executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or Trustee of... | |
 | BENGAL SECRETARIAT - 1876 - 756 pages
...'when the question is one of common or general interest to so many persons that it is impracticable to bring them all before the Court, one or more may sue or defend on behalf of the whole, the reason thereof being stated in the plaint.' But considering the importance... | |
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