Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. Helm

(after stating the case as above).

Appellant presents but one point. It asserts the judgment in the former suit is res judicata of the present demand. The rule invoked is generally treated as a part of the doctrine of res judicata, but it is primarily based upon the rule which forbids the splitting of a single cause of action into separate suits. Craig v. Broocks, 60 Tex.Civ.App. 83, 127 S.W. 572. The rule is intended to prevént more than one suit growing out of the same subject-matter of litigation and to require parties to settle their controversies in one suit if practicable. 1…