Bailey v. Delta Electric Light, Power & Manufacturing Co.Bailey v. Delta Electric Light, Power & Manufacturing Co.
deliyered the opinion of the court.
It is а universally established principle of law that joint tort feasors are both jointly and severally liable, and may be prоceeded against either singly or jointly, individually or all combined. It is also well settled that, where a party has once rеceived full satisfaction and compensation for an injury inflicted, no matter from which one of several tort feasors, all are thereby released. The underlying reasoning suрporting this rule is that a party injured is only entitled to receive full compensation, and so, having once obtained rеdress for the injury inflicted, be cannot prosecute suits agаinst the others, though they be equally liable. But this principle has no application
In the instant case, all that the appеllee would have the right to claim, should its liability be established, would be to have credited the amount received by the appellant from the Oum-
• The demurrer to appellant’s first replication should have been overruled.
Reversed and remanded.