I. & G. N. R. R. v. G. W. Donalson & Co.

Opinion by

Willson, J.

§ 238. Joinder of causes of action. This suit was upon an account which embraced various and numerous items, for overcharge of freight on goods shipped on appellant’s road, excess of freight charges paid on freight shipped but not delivered, loss of, and damage to, goods shipped, etc. Held, it was an action upon an account, composed of various items, growing out of several contracts, and was in no part an action ex delicto. There is no inconsistency in the several causes of action embraced in the account. In our system the splitting of causes of action and multiplication…