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Joinder of parties liable on same contract. 7 When plaintiff in doubt from whom redress is to be sought. 8 One person may sue or defend on behalf of all in same interest. 8A Power of Court to permit a person or body of persons to present opinion or to take part in the proceedings. 9 Misjoinder and non-joinder. 10 Suit in name of wrong plaintiff.
The two forms of misjoinder are: [2] Misjoinder of causes of action, or counts: joining several demands to enforce substantive rights of recovery that are distinct and contradictory. Misjoinder of parties: joining as plaintiffs or defendants persons who have conflicting interests, or who were not involved in the same transaction or event.
Joinder of parties also falls into two categories: permissive joinder and compulsory joinder. Rule 20 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure addresses permissive joinder, which allows multiple plaintiffs to join in an action if each of their claims arises from the same transaction or occurrence, and if there is a common question of law or fact ...
Often, an indispensable party is any party whose rights are directly affected by disposition of the case. Many jurisdictions have rules that provide for an indispensable party to be joined (brought into the case as a party) at the discretion of the judge , which is referred to as a nonjoinder of party. [ 1 ]
costs in a previous suit between the same parties still outstanding; and; non-joinder and misjoinder. Where a party fails to raise the above issues, the court assumes that the party condones the other party's failures in those respects. The plea (usually referred to as the plea over the merits) and the special plea appear in the same document.
Interpleader is a civil procedure device that allows a plaintiff or a defendant to initiate a lawsuit in order to compel two or more other parties to litigate a dispute. An interpleader action originates when the plaintiff holds property on behalf of another, but does not know to whom the property should be transferred.
Collateral estoppel (CE), known in modern terminology as issue preclusion, is a common law estoppel doctrine that prevents a person from relitigating an issue. One summary is that, "once a court has decided an issue of fact or law necessary to its judgment, that decision ... preclude[s] relitigation of the issue in a suit on a different cause of action involving a party to the first case". [1]
Impleader in the Federal Courts derives from Rule 14 ("Third Party Practice") of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: [2]. Rule 14(a)(1): The nonparty must be served with the third party complaint as well as a summons.