Compulsory & Permissive Joinder of Parties


Joinder of parties is compulsory if there are parties without whom no final determination can be had of an action (Sec. 7, Rule 3). Joinder of parties is permissive when there is a right of relief in favor of or against the parties joined in respect to or arising out of the same transaction or series of transactions, and there is a question of law or fact common to the parties joined in the action (Sec. 6, Rule 3).