I. As the second bill sets up the same equity and asks the same relief between the same parties as the first bill still pending, the second bill should be dismissed. It is against the policy of the law to allow multiplicity of suits between the same parties about the same matter. All that the plaintiffs in the first bill had to do, and such was their duty, was to amend the bill by making the assignee a party and proceeding with it. Fellows v. Hall, 3 McLean...
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