LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: The Ostby & Barton Company vs. William J. Goldman
Citation: 21 R.I. 280
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1899-04-28
Docket Number: 
Pages: 280–281
Volume: 21
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: The Ostby & Barton Company vs. William J. Goldman.

The Ostby & Barton Company vs. William J. Goldman.
PROVIDENCE
APRIL 28, 1899.
Priosicnt : Matteson, C. J., Stiness and Tillingliast, JJ.
(1) Lis Pendens.
The mere pendency of a suit in one State cannot be pleaded in abatement or bar of a second action in another State between the same,parties for the same cause of action.
Assumpsit on Book Account. Heard on demurrer of plaintiff to defendant’s plea of lis pendens. Demurrer sustained.

Per Curiam.
The defendant pleads the pendency of an action against him in Massachusetts for the same cause upon which this action is based. The mere pendency of a suit in one State cannot be pleaded in abatement or in bar of a second action in another State between the same parties for the same cause of action. Black. Judg. § 865 and cases cited; Stanton v. Embry, 93 U. S. 548; Allen v. Watt, 69 Ill. 655; Cole v. Flitcraft, 47 Md. 312; Paine v. Schenectady Co., 11 R. I. 411.
Cooke & Angelí, for plaintiff.
Page <& Page, for defendant.
Plaintiff’s demurrer to plea of Us penclens sustained.