6 Blackf. 223 | Ind. | 1842
Moody Park, suing for the sole use of William Button, instituted a suit in chancery against Victor King, John King and David Ballentine. The object of the bill is the enforcement of a vendor’s lien upon the property sold, for a
The dismissal of the bill is against established practice. It is true, the bill could not be entertained in the name of Par't, who is shown to be a mere trustee for Dutton. The latter ihould have been a party. Malin v. Malin, 2 Johns. C. R., 238, and the authorities there cited. Between the present par-lies, the cause is not inr a-situation to be heard upon its merits; 1 ut the bill should not have been dismissed. The cause should have stood over, that the proper parties might have been made. Anon., 2 Atk., 15; Jones v. Jones, 3 Atk., 111.
*Per Curiam.—The decree is reversed. Causé remanded, &c.