Case Name: FERDINAND MONIER vs. THOMAS W. MIZNER
Court: Wayne Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1868-10-15
Citations: 1 Howell N.P. 60
Docket Number: 
Parties: FERDINAND MONIER vs. THOMAS W. MIZNER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan nisi prius cases, decided by the state and federal courts in Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 60–60

Head Matter:
Wayne Circuit — In Chancery.
FERDINAND MONIER vs. THOMAS W. MIZNER.
Two Suits for Some Cause of Action.
Complainant should elect in which suit he will proceed.
(October 15, 1868.)
Moore & Griffin for Complainant.
Levi Bishop for Defendant.

Opinion:
By the Court,
Brown J.:
This is a motion to compel the complainant to elect whether he will proceed in this suit or a suit at law, alleged to be for the same cause of action.
I have already held that a plea in abatement of the pendency of the other suit will not lie in either case, but it is equally clear that where two suits are substantially for the same cause of action the complainant should elect in which suit he will proceed, for the defendant should not be harassed and annoyed by oppressive litigation. (Barb. Ch. Prac., 346; 1 Dan. Ch. Prac., 658.)