Panhandle & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. O'Neal

GRISSOM, Justice.

O’Neal sued the Railway Company for damages alleged to have been sustained by him as the result of an injury suffered while engaged in repairing the defendant’s railway track while O’Neal was. employed as a section hand. The Railway Company pleaded as a complete defense to the cause of action asserted that O’Neal, for a valuable consideration, had released defendant from any claim for damages arising out of the alleged injury. O’Neal answered that the release was not valid because procured by the fraud of defendant’s claim agent. O’Neal alleged that he, when injured, had an…