Section 4.13 Permissive Joinder—Who May Join as Plaintiff and Defendant

• Library: Civil Trial Practice 2015 Supp

2. (§4.13) Permissive Joinder—Who May Join as Plaintiff and Defendant

Rule 52.05 addresses permissive joinder:

All persons may join in one action as plaintiffs if they assert any right to relief jointly, severally, or in the alternative in respect of or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence or series of transactions or occurrences and if any question of law or fact common to all of them will arise in the action.

Rule 52.05 also holds true as to the defendants. A plaintiff...