 ... 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
 | Charles Hastings Wiltsie - Foreclosure - 1885 - 298 pages
...persons; or where the persons, who might he made 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 al1." 1 Newall v. Wright, 3 Mass. 138 (1807) ; Haskell v. Bailey, 22 Conn. 573 (1853) ;... | |
 | Nevada - Law - 1885 - 1336 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. Tenants in common, joint tenants, or copartners, or any number less than all, may jointly... | |
 | New York (State), Charles David Rust - Civil procedure - 1885 - 814 pages
...the persons, who niifiht he made parties, are very numerous, and it may be impracticable to '«•ing them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the teiiefit of all. § 449. [am'd 1877.] Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party... | |
 | Horace Gay Wood - Railroad law - 1885 - 756 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.' " The general rule is, that a suit brought for the purpose of compelling the... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 764 pages
...interest of May, 1881.] CAKEY t,. BBOWW. 18S many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it it impracticable to bring them all before the Court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all." (Id. § 382.) But a party who seeks to avail himself of this provision must allego... | |
 | New York (State). Courts, Nathan Howard (Jr.), Rowland M. Stover - Civil procedure - 1886 - 690 pages
...persons, or where the persons who might be made 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 all. This section is substantially a transcript of section 119 of the Code «98 HOWARD'S... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 898 pages
...Hun, 112. b. Joinder of Partiel Plaintiff to Abate Private Nvuamce.— Where the code declares that when the question is one of common or general interest to many persons, or where the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one... | |
 | Civil procedure - 1887 - 814 pages
...persons ; or where the persons, who might be made 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 all. § 449. [am'd 1877.] Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1887 - 972 pages
...the parties, as manifestly appears in this case, "may be 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." Code, § 185; Branson v. Insurance Co., 85 NC 414. It was clearly within the... | |
 | Ohio, William Henry Whittaker - Civil procedure - 1887 - 688 pages
...or general interest of many persons, or when the parties are very numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all. [51 v. 57, \ 37 ; S. & C. 957.] See \ 5005 (Injunction— Tax-payer). One may sue on... | |
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