Snediker v. Potts

Oliphant, S. C. C.

This is a motion by the defendant • Mary Ellen Reynolds to dismiss the suit on the ground that the plaintiff executed and delivered to' some of the defendants a covenant not to sue after they had been served and filed their answers.

The suit originally was commenced on or about the 11th day of January, 1934, by the plaintiff against all of the defendants. The allegations were that John E. Reynolds, who died on July 25th, 1933, had converted to his own use, a portion of the estate of his former wife, to which the plaintiff, a stepson of the said John E. Reynolds, was entitled.…