110 Mich. 27 | Mich. | 1896
Complainant filed a bill, in which he alleged that in 1892 Fanny J. Savage made a real-estate .mortgage to the- father of complainant for $3,000, to secure a note made by herself and Eugene R. Savage,
The defendants Savage and Savage answered, admitting the material things stated in the bill of complaint, but denied any knowledge of the attachment proceedings; denied any indebtedness by either of them to White, White, and White; and admitted, substantially, that complainant was entitled to relief as prayed for. The defendants White, White, and White demurred to the bill on the grounds: First, that it does not state a cause of action; and, second, because it is multifarious. The circuit judge sustained the demurrer and dismissed the bill.
The appellees insist that the bill of complaint should have been filed by the complainant as executor, and not as an individual, and cite a great many cases in support of that contention. This view was accepted by the circuit judge. We think a careful inspection of the allegations
It follows that, if the mortgage was equitably assigned to complainant, he is entitled to maintain his bill, unless it ought to be dismissed upon the ground that it is multifarious. It has been held that because the prayer of a bill in chancery asks for different lands of specific relief in relation to the same subject-matter, against the same parties, and in favor of the same persons, it does not make the bill multifarious. Cleland v. Casgrain, 92 Mich. 139. “The substance of the rules on the subject appears to be that each case is to be governed by its own circumstances, and must be left in a great measure to the sound discretion of the court. ” Daniell, Ch. Pl. & Prac. 334, note 2; Torrent v. Hamilton, 95 Mich. 159. We do not think the bill multifarious, and the cause is remanded, with leave to defendants to answer over.
The decree of the court below is reversed, with costs to complainant against defendants White, White, and White.