Bailey v. Delta Electric Light, Power & Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 86 Miss. 634

Syllabus

<p>1. Joint Tort Feasoks. Liable jointly or severally.</p> <p>Joint tort feasors are jointly and severally liable, and may be sued either singly or jointly.</p> <p>2. Same. Full satisfaction from one releases ail.</p> <p>.Full satisfaction received from one of several tort feasors releases all of them.</p> <p>3. Same. Partial satisfaction. Partial release.</p> <p>Partial satisfaction by a master for injuries to a servant caused by the master’s failure to provide a safe place to work, made in consideration of a release executed by tbe servant to the master, which is not intended as a settlement in full for the injuries, and which is not received as full compensation, does not release a third person whose servant’s negligence concurred in causing the injury, but, at most, entitles the latter to a credit, upon the amount of damages awarded against it, .of the amount .received hy the injured servant from his master.</p>