Pressley v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

“The plaintiff may unite in the same complaint several causes of action, of legal or equitable nature, or both, where they all arise out of—

“1. The same transaction, or transactions connected with the same subject of action.” G. S., 1-123. This section has been liberally construed to the end that justiciable controversies may be expeditiously adjusted by judicial decree at a minimum of cost to the litigants and the public.

To that end we have held that “If the grounds of the bill be not entirely distinct and wholly unconnected; if they arise out of one and the same transaction or series of…