Standard Products Co. v. Wooldridge & Co.

On February 12, 1971, Standard Products Company, Inc. filed an action sounding in tort against Wooldridge and Company, Ltd. and James V. Finnegan, jointly and severally, for $11,526.88. Thereafter Standard amended its motion for judgment by adding a count for breach of contract based on the same facts as the ex delicto allegation. The defendants answered and demurred to the amended motion on the ground that it constituted a misjoinder of actions. The court agreed and required the plaintiff to elect between its tort and contract counts. Standard elected to proceed in tort, and the case was…