Cochran v. Bell

Townsend, Judge.

1. There can be but one satisfaction of the same damage or injury. Griffin Hosiery Mills v. United Hosiery Mills, 31 Ga. App. 450 (120 S. E. 789). Where, in an automobile collision between a plaintiff and a defendant both are injured, and the plaintiff upon payment of a monetary consideration secures a release from the defendant, the release constitutes a settlement of the plaintiff’s claim against the defendant as well as of the defendant’s claim against the plaintiff. Giles v. Smith, 80 Ga. App. 540 (56 S. E. 2d 860).

2. “ 'The relation of principal and agent arises wherever…