BARNHILL, Justice.
The defendant's motion challenges the jurisdiction of the court and is without merit as to plaintiff's primary cause of action. The plea of former action pending is not jurisdictional, though sometimes referred to as such. It is a plea in abatement provided to avoid the splitting of actions and the piecemeal trial of controversies, prevent a multiplicity of suits between the same parties concerning the same subject matter, and eliminate the possibility...
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