Merger by judgment
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From 10 U.S. 253 - Sheehy v. Mandeville and Jamesson · 1810Most cited · 31 citing opinions
The doctrine of merger (even admitting that a judgment against one of several joint obligors would terminate the whole obligation, so that a distinct action could not afterwards be maintained against the others, which is not admitted) can be applied only to a case in which the original declaration was on a joint covenant, not to a case in which the declaration in the first suit was on a sole contract.