Allen v. Ruland
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for false imprisonment, brought to the .Superior Court in Fairfield County where a demurrer to the third defense was . overruled (Gtager, <7i), and the cause tried on the remaining issues 'to the jury before the same judge; verdict and judgment for defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff.
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Action for false imprisonment, brought to the .Superior Court in Fairfield County where a demurrer to the third defense was . overruled (Gtager, <7i), and the cause tried on the remaining issues 'to the jury before the same judge; verdict and judgment for defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff. The third defense read thus: “ One James H. Ward and one Edith Ward were joint tort feasors with the defendants in the alleged seizure and detention of the plaintiff, and since the institution of this action, to wit: on the day of , the plaintiff has executed and delivered to said James H. Ward and…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The third defense upon its face was sufficient. A release of one of several joint trespassers, given for a valuable consideration, is a release of all. Ayer v. Ashmead, 31 Conn. 447, 452.
Each of the releases received in evidence was admissible to support this defense, notwithstanding the objections taken by the plaintiff. They differed in date, and in the name of one of the releasees, from that alleged, but no point was made on account of either of these variances. So far as the first objection taken is concerned, although the releasees intended to secure only a legal restraint of the…
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