Trade Press Publishing Co. v. Milwaukee Typographical Union No. 23

Defendants contend in support of their demurrer that the several plaintiffs, each carrying on his own establishment and each being financially independent of the others, cannot be properly joined as plaintiffs.

By sec. 2602, Stats., it is provided that

“All persons having an interest in the subject of the action and in obtaining the relief demanded may be joined as plaintiffs, except as otherwise provided by law.”

Parts of sec. 2604, Stats., so far as here material, are as follows:

“And when the question is one of a common or general interest of many persons . . . one or more may sue or defend…