Where there are more plaintiffs or more defendants than one in a suit, and the decree appealed from proCeeds on any ground common to all the plaintiffs or to all the defendants, anyone of the plaintiffs or of the defendants may appeal from the whole decree, and thereupon the Appellate Court may reverse or vary the decree in favour of all the pleintiffs or defendants, as the case may be. 108 CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE PARAGRAPH 2. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS AND OF EXECUTION