Wood v. Young

Black’s Law Dictionary thus defines the term “release”:

“The relinquishment, concession, or giving np of a right, claim, or privilege, by the person in whom it exists or to whom it accrues, to the person against whom it might have been demanded or enforced.”

Anderson’s Dictionary of Law says:

“Release.- The act or writing by which some claim or interest is surrendered to another person.”

The plaintiff says that, a few days after the collision a draft was delivered to him for his minor son, Le-Roy Wood, the amount represented thereby constituting full consideration and settlement of' the son’s…