Munnis v. Northern Hotel Co.

This is a suit in equity brought by the complainant, William V. Munnis, against the defendants, The Northern Hotel Company and the G-eneral Accident, Fire & life Assurance Company, Ltd., to cancel and set aside an agreement executed by the complainant, releasing the defendants from any claim for damages for personal injuries received by the complainant in an accident in an elevator operated by the defendant The Northern Hotel Company.

The complainant asks for relief on two grounds:

First, that the release was executed by the complain-y ant through a mistake of fact as to the nature andz extent…