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Common and undivided interest

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From 58 U.S. 3 - John Shields v. Isaac Thomas · 1854Most cited · 86 citing opinions

But the court think the matter in controversy, in the Kentucky court, was the sum due to the representatives of the deceased collectively; and not the particular sum to which each was entitled, when the amount due was distributed among them, according to the laws of the State. They all claimed under one and the same title. They had a common and undivided interest in the claim; and it was perfectly immaterial to the appellant, how it was to be shared among them.