The question may present itself in tort or contract, and in any
species of action. A breach of contract may be entire, in which
case the compensation will be entire. It may be a continuing
contract; thai is, one of which the obligation continues, though
breaches occur. In this case, the fact of a breach does not neces-
sarily bring the contract to an end, and the injury sued for is only
that which has occurred down to the bringing of the action. It
may be severable, in which case new breaches will give rise to
new causes of action, and the compensation will be limited to
the injury produced by the breach sued upon. A contract may
even, though by its terms it is severable, be so affected by the
acts of the parties that on a breach the damages will be entire.
