Scott & Thatcher v. Colmesnil’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““The imprisonment of Lee,. which seems to have been intended as the gravamen, could not, of itself, and alone, bar the action. The mere caption and imprisonment of Lee, did not satisfy or release the judgment, and could not, therefore, have operated either as an actual or legal exoneration of himself, or of his co-obligor. Nothing but actual satisfaction, or a liberation of Lee by the plaintiffs, or a release to him in fact, or in law, could have exonerated the defendant from any joint liability which pre-existed. Cro. El. 573; 5 Co. 86; Gow on Part. 257, Mar. pa. If Lee had escaped, or had been discharged, the defendant’s liability would not have been thereby destroyed, or impaired. Gro. El. 479, 555, 573; 5 Co. supra.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stephenson v. Purchase