Pennington v. Bevering

A. H. Bevering and M. B. Hooker recovered a judgment against J. Fred Smith, Ross Corlett, and Harry Pennington, jointly and severally, in the sum of $30,944.-44, with interest. Thereafter the judgment creditors accepted from Ross Corlett $1,000 and executed an instrument of release, and still later they released J. Fred Smith from the judgment This suit was instituted by Pennington against the judgment creditors alleging that he had been released through the transaction with Corlett and praying a cancellation of the judgment in full. The trial court denied' the plaintiff any relief, and that…