Davis v. Hargett

Plaintiff alleges that, by reason of the oppression, fraud and duress practiced and imposed upon him by defendants, he was induced to compromise for $5,000.00 his original cause of action for damages against the operators and owners of the two taxicabs; that he has affirmed the compromise settlement whereby the original tortfeasors were released from further liability; but that he is entitled to recover from defendants, jointly and severally, on account of their said wrongful conduct, the value of his original cause of action, to wit, $35,000.00 subject to credit for the $5,000.00 received by…