Hooper v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company

LAWSON, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding wherein the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, in Equity, has declared that a release which the appellant executed on June 3, 1959, is valid and binding so as to relieve the appellees from all claims of whatsoever kind which grow out of an automobile collision which occurred in Jefferson County on May 29, 1959.

The appellee Strickland was the driver of an automobile which ran into the rear of the automobile which the appellant, Hooper, was driving. The appellee Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is Strickland’s insurance carrier.

The…