Storey v. Breedman
Citations
- 5 Alaska 468
Syllabus
<p>Release <§=29(4)—Parties—Actions—Torts.</p> <p>Plaintiff brought suit to recover the value of furniture -wrongfully taken from him by the defendant. The latter answered that, if liable, he was jointly liable with three other persons; that the plaintiff had released them, whereby the defendant was also released. Held, the rule is, where one or more tort-feasors pays a valuable consideration for a release from liability, the person injured reserving the right to sue the other wrongdoers, the amount paid by the party released extinguishes pro tanto the amount of damages, but does not release the other wrongdoers from liability.</p> <p>(@s»See same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Issue preclusion forecloses re-litigation of a matter that has been heard and decided.”
- “Claim preclusion refers to the effect of a judgment in foreclosing litigation of a matter that has not been litigated, because of a determination that it should have been advanced in an earlier suit.”
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Judges: Brown
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