Number of actions for breach of contract

If a contract is entire, only one action may be maintained for a breach thereof; but, if it is severable or if the breaches occur at successive periods in an entire contract, an action will lie for each breach; but all the breaches occurring up to the commencement of the action must be included therein. (Orig. Code 1863, § 2880; Code 1868, § 2888; Code 1873, § 2939; Code 1882, § 2939; Civil Code 1895, § 3793; Civil Code 1910, § 4389; Code 1933, § 20-1401.)