59 Ala. 192 | Ala. | 1877
It is only when a bill in chancery and a suit at law are prosecuted for the same claim, that the plaintiff or claimant can be compelled to elect in which court he will proceed.—Rule of Chancery Practice No. 103. To come within the principle, the two suits must have substantially the same aim and scope. It is not enough that the two suits relate to the same subject-matter, unless the relief sought is, in each case, substantially the same. The suit at law, in the present case, has for its object the reduction of the plaintiff’s entire claim to a judgment, with a view to its collection by execution. This is prosecuted alone against David Bear,
Let the writ of mandamus issue as prayed for. The costs to be paid by David Bear, defendant in the chancery suit, who moved for the order of election in the court below.