13 R.I. 135 | R.I. | 1880
We do not think there was any error in the ruling complained of. The statute, Pub. Laws R.I. cap. 563, § 7, of April 20, 1876, declares that "no action shall be defeated by the misjoinder of parties, if the matter in controversy can be properly dealt with, and settled between the parties before the court." The language is as applicable to pending as to future actions. It cannot be limited to future actions without violence to its obvious meaning. It is not an insuperable objection to a remedial statute that it affects pending suits, if it affects them remedially, and neither violates vested rights nor impairs the obligation of contracts. Cooley Constit. Limit. *381; Rich
v. Flanders,
Petition dismissed.