Chap. 423.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 27, 1894,
in relation to the power of the courts to order a suit in equity or action at
law to abate as to any improperly joined plaintiff or defendant, and to pro-
ceed herentter by or against the others as if such misjoinders had not been
made, &c.

Approved February 26, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion one of an act entitled an act to empower the courts to order a
suit in equity or action at law to abate as to any improperly joined
plaintiff or defendant, and to proceed thereafter, by or against the
others as if such misjoinder had not been made, approved February
twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same
is hereby, amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. That whenever it shall appear in any action at law or suit in
equity, heretofore or hereafter instituted, by the pleadings or other-
wise, that there has been a misjoinder of parties, plaintiff or de-
fendant, the court may order the action or suit to abate as to any
party improperly joined, and to proceed by or against the others as
if such misjoinder had not been made; and the court may make
such provision as to costs and continuances as may be just.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.