Harris Distributors, Inc. v. Marlin

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent the Union Circuit Court from proceeding further in a suit filed by the widow and children of E. F. McCord against the petitioner and other defendants. It is the petitioner’s contention that in the suit below the various defendants were joint tortfeasors and that the liability of all the defendants to the plaintiffs was discharged by the plaintiffs’ action in obtaining and satisfying a separate judgment against Louis Ozmer, one of the defendants. This contention was raised in the trial court by a motion to dismiss the complaint. This…