Legal Opinion
Peters v. Butler
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 1, 1969No. [No. 159, September Term, 1968,]PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, C. J.
A woman injured in an accident and her husband asked an equity court to reform a general release to all mankind given to one joint tortfeasor on the ground that it did not reflect the intention of the parties, and to make it into a release which would permit the releasors to sue a second tortfeasor in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, Code (1968 Repl. Vol.), Art. 50, §§ 16 to 24. Judge Bowie found the evidence to disclose no mistake of any kind and dismissed the bill. We find nothing to indicate that he was wrong.
Geneva Peters, whose husband…
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