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26 Mo. 532

Wagner v. Jacoby

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 15, 1858

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1858-03-15

<p>1. Wagner v. Jacoby, ante, p. 530, affirmed.</p> <p>2. A plaintiff having an entire demand growing out of a single transaction can not split it up into separate suits.</p>

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Decided 1858-03-15

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Richardson, Judge,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This case is in all respects like the preceding case between the same parties, and for like reasons will be reversed and remanded.

¶3The defendant has insisted in his argument that the account for which this action was brought is a part of the demand for the same job of work for which the other suit was *533brought. That is a question on which we can not now pass; but if the fact be as alleged, the plaintiff can not recover, for a plaintiff having an entire demand growing out of a single transaction can not split it up into separate suits. (Smith v. Jones, 15 John. 229; Farrington v. Payne, id. 432; Willard v. Sperry, 16 John. 121; Phillips v. Benick, ib. 136.)

¶4The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded;

the other judges concurring.
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