COCHRAN v. BELL

38437.

102 Ga. App. 617 (1960)

117 S.E.2d 645

COCHRAN v. BELL.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward, Brooks & Williams, Osgood O. Williams, Langford & Stolz, G. W. Langford, for plaintiff in error.

Lokey & Bowden, Hamilton Lokey, Glenn Frick, contra.

Frank M. Gleason, amicus curiae.


TOWNSEND, Judge.

1. There can be but one satisfaction of the same damage or injury. Griffin Hosiery Mills v. United Hosiery Mills, 31 Ga.App. 450 (120 S. E. 789). Where, in an automobile collision between a plaintiff and a defendant both are injured, and the plaintiff upon payment of a monetary consideration secures a release from the defendant, the release constitutes a settlement of the plaintiff's claim against the defendant as well as of the defendant's...

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