Legal Opinion
Canning v. Star Publishing Co.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 14, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 1647PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, Chief Judge.
This cause arises from plaintiff’s motion to strike defendants’ demand for jury trial with respect to the issue of the validity of a release. The facts of this litigation may be found in D.C.Del., 130 F.Supp. 697.
In 1952 plaintiff entered into a five-year employment contract with defendant corporation. In 1954 for valuable consideration plaintiff executed with defendants a release under seal. In his complaint plaintiff alleges defendants secured the release by the use of false and fraudulent misrepresentations and seeks relief in the nature of rescission of the release and…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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