Tomeney v. Semmes
Tomeney v. Semmes
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Semmes sued Tomeney on two notes — one for $2,500 and the other for $750. The declaration contained two counts — one on the $2,500 note and the other on the $750 note. Defendant put in the plea of nil debit.
Before the trial, Tomeney filed his bill, and procured an injunction as to the further prosecution of the suit on the $2,500 note. When the trial came on, Semmes produced the evidence that the suit was enjoined • as to the $2,500. Thereupon the Court retained the cause as to that note, but proceeded to empannel a jury as to the $750 note, who rendered a verdict for Semmes, on which judgment was rendered.
Tomeney made no motion for new trial or in arrest of judgment, but appealed to this Court.
It is insisted for Tomeney, that it was error in the Court below to proceed to trial on the count for the $750 note, and to retain the cause as to the count for the $2,500 note, -to await the action of the Chancery Court. The case of Huchins v. Lewis, 7 Hum., 236, is relied to sustain the objection to the proceeding below. In that a plaintiff had brought a joint action against several defendants, but went to . trial and took judgment as to one only, taking no step as to the other defendants. This Court held that the plaintiff could not split up his cause of action, so as to have one part of the cause in the Supreme Court on appeal, and the balance in the Circuit Court, and for this reason reversed the judgment and re
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