Goss v. Ellison

This is an action of tort for the conversion

of a horse. The plaintiff’s evidence clearly shows that he let the horse to one Ruggles and the defendant jointly, and that they jointly converted it. It is an established rule that a release of one of several joint tortfeasors discharges all. Stone v. Dickinson, 5 Allen, 29. Brown v. Cambridge, 3 Allen, 474.

It appeared at the trial, that the plaintiff claimed as his damages $225; that he received of Ruggles one half of this amount, partly in money and partly in a promissory note, and gave there-, for a writing of the following tenor: “ Received of…