Stephens v. Addis
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 52, Oct. T., 1901, by defendants, from order of C. P. Lehigh Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 56, discharging rule to set aside execution in case of Andrew Stephens in his own right and in right of his minor child, Florence Stephens, v. Frank R. Addis. Rule to set aside execution. Error assigned was order discharging rule to set aside execution.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The appellant’s counsel states the question of law involved in the appeal as follows: Does a release of, or satisfaction from, one of several wrongdoers constitute a defense in an action against another for the same tort ? This might have been the question, if at the trial he had offered to prove such release or satisfaction and the offer had been rejected, or if, notwithstanding the alleged release or satisfaction, the court had permitted a recovery by the plaintiff. But as the case comes before us the question involved is much narrower. A verdict was rendered against…
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