10 Ala. 856 | Ala. | 1846
It is difficult to perceive on what principle it ever could have been ruled that acceptance of sat-faction from a stranger was not a bar to an action. Yet it was so held in Grimes v. Blafield, Cro. Eliz. 541, and this case is recognized in New York and Kentucky. [Clow v. Borst, 6 John. 35; Gresher v. Grant, 3 Mon. 302, and is cited without disapprobation by Yiner, Comyn, and Bacon. To us, however, it seems at variance alike with common sense and justice. When the party has accepted a satisfaction, it is immaterial whether it moves from a stranger or from one who is directly bound. So strong is the general rule, that the
Let the judgment be reversed, and the cause remanded.