Sessions v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the ■ District of Massachusetts. The facts are fully stated, and the. assignment of errors is set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Even without satisfaction, a judgment against one of two joint contractors is a bar to an action against the other, within the maxim transit, in rem judicatam; the cause of action being changed into matter of record, which has the effect to merge the inferior remedy in the higher. King v. Hoare, 13 Mee. & W. 504.
Judgment in such a case is a bar to a subsequent action against the other joint contractor, because, the contract being' merely joint, there can be but one recovery; and consequently the plaintiff, if he proceeds, against one only of two joint promisors, loses his security, against…
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