Griffith v. Cooper

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Day.

We will refer to the parties by name.

Cooper, Strauss and Freeman filed separate complaints against Bill J. Griffith, sole proprietor of Griffith Investments, Ltd. Each plaintiff in his complaint sought an accounting from Griffith in connection with an undertaking involving the construction of sixteen houses.

Because each of the complaints referred to a single agreement and the same enterprise, the three actions were consolidated for trial. Griffith filed three separate answers and three counterclaims, but after the consolidation filed a single amended counterclaim…