SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Brewer

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• defendant cannot seek contribution from plaintiff’s husband when he is not subject to suit as a joint tortfeasor
• where proposed joint tortfeasor was not subject to suit by original plaintiff for tort liability, defendant could not maintain contribution action against proposed joint tortfeasor
• third-party complaint based on contribution could not be maintained against third-party defendant who was not subject to suit by the plaintiff for negligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).