1. "No suitor may prosecute two actions in the courts at the same time, for the same cause, and against the same party, and in such a case the defendant may require the plaintiff to elect which he will prosecute if commenced simultaneously; and the pendency of the former shall be a good defense to the latter, if commenced at different times." Code § 3-601.
2. ". . . [F]rom a single...
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