Schoedler v. Motometer Gauge & Equipment Corp.

The questions are: First, whether there was a misjoinder of parties defendant; second, whether there was an improper joinder of separate causes of action against the several defendants; third, whether the second amended petition stated, a cause of action.

With respect to the first question, appellants contend that in an action for slander only, there cannot be a joinder of parties defendant in the same petition. In support of their position, appellants cite the case of Orr v. Rank of The United States, 1 Ohio, 36, 13 Am. Dec., 588, wherein it was said that: “Verbal slander cannot be jointly…