Muncrief v. Green

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is an action for personal injuries brought by the appellant, Lon Earl Muncrief, a minor. The defendant is the administrator of the estate of John E. Stasick, deceased. In the trial court the defendant successfully moved for a summary judgment, on the ground that a compromise judgment in prior litigation between the same parties was a bar to the maintenance of this action. The correctness of the summary judgment is the issue here.

On December 17, 1966, Lon Earl Muncrief and John E. Stasick, two 17-year-old minors, were involved in a one-car accident in which John…