Ranta v. Rake

SPEAR, Justice.

This appeal presents the issue whether an honest release, irrespective of its terms, may be avoided where it later appears that unknown injuries existed at the time it was executed.

On April 8, 1962, appellant (Werner Edward Ranta) sustained injuries in an automobile accident for which he seeks damages against Charles Rake, a minor, the driver of the other car, and his parents, Charles C. and Janet F. Rake. The accident occurred at an intersection in the Lewiston Orchards, near the City of Lewis-ton, Nez Perce County, Idaho. Both Ranta and his wife, Eva Jean Ranta, were, as a…