Huggins v. John Morrell & Co.

Plaintiff, in his brief, concedes that each of the causes of action joined in his petition does not affect all the parties to the action, i. e., both defendants named in the petition.

No other position is possible, because causes of action numbered II, III and IV affect only one or the other of the defendants.

The causes of action numbered II and IV do not affect Morrell, the packer, in any way. The cause of action numbered III does not affect Kocian, the retailer, in any way.

Although not all the plaintiff’s causes of action affect both defendants, the plaintiff does not separately pray for…