Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co. v. Atkinson

This action arises out of a settlement made between the parties of a claim for damages on account of a breach of contract. The plaintiff claims that the terms of the settlement required the return to it of certain metals which the defendant has refused to deliver on the ground that a general release delivered to him by the plaintiff contemporaneously with its check for $8,500 “in full settlement” concluded the entire transaction.

The plaintiff had taken a contract from the French government for the manufacture of bayonet grips and contracted with the defendant for the manufacture of 100,000 of…