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THRIFT v. TRETHEWEY

No. 274.

158 S.E.2d 777 (1968)

272 N.C. 692

Rose B. THRIFT v. Frederick Harding TRETHEWEY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 2, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wardlow, Knox, Caudle & Wade, Charlotte, for plaintiff appellee.

Grier, Parker, Poe & Thompson and Gaston H. Gage, Charlotte, for defendant appellant.

BOBBITT, Justice.

Legal principles pertinent to decision on this appeal are summarized by Moore, J., in McNair v. Goodwin, 262 N.C. 1, 136 S.E.2d 218, as follows: "A valid release of one of several joint tort-feasors releases all and is a bar to a suit against any of them for the same injury. This is true for the reason that the injured party is entitled to but one satisfaction, the cause of action...

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