Wiring question

[Tim Lindstrom]

I looked at a house today where the wiring was done in a manner I had never seen before.

It looks like they brought one wire from the breaker to the center of each room (I am looking at this attached to the ceiling in the basement), and ran it into a junction box, then ran wires from that junction box to each of the outlets in the rooms. 

Is this normal,  or even up to code?

It's kind of hard to explain, but it is like they fanned out from the center box to all the outlets.  there is one setup like this for every room except the kitchen.  that is run like I'd expect.  either a single line back to the breaker,  or run from one outlet to the next. 

If this house requires a rewiring,  i'm going to pass,  so want to know before I pay for an inspection