Dotson v. Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiff, while employed by the defendant as a workman, received an accidental injury to his eyes. He received some medical attention from defendant’s physician, and later he was paid the sum of $44.40 by defendant’s cashier, L. A. Wickliffe, pursuant to the terms of a written instrument, which reads as follows:

“Release.

“I, Gordon Dotson, of Kansas City, in the County of Wyandotte, and the State of Kansas, being of full age, in consideration of forty-four and *2499ioo dollars ($44.40) and all medical fees to date to me paid by The Proctor &…