Legal Opinion

McCorkle v. Hughes

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 8, 1971No. 46048PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

244 So.2d 386 (1971)

Sarah C. McCORKLE

v.

Bobbye B. HUGHES.

No. 46048.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 8, 1971.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1971.

Davidson & Beach, Jackson, for appellant.

Satterfield, Shell, Williams & Buford, Cary E. Bufkin, Douglas R. Duke, Jackson, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, after a separate and preliminary hearing, sustained the defense set up in the answer as a plea in bar. That defense was that the appellant, Sarah C. McCorkle, had knowingly and voluntarily executed a general release of all damages…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fornea v. Goodyear Yellow Pine Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Pearson v. WeaverMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Kohler v. OliverMississippi Supreme Court · 1917

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