splitting causes of action
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From 205 U.S. 122 - Northern Pacific Railway Company v. Jacob Slaght · 1907Most cited · 233 citing opinions
The whole tendency of our decisions is to require a plaintiff to try his whole cause of action and his whole case at one time. He cannot even split up his claim ... and, a fortiori, he cannot divide the grounds of recovery.