Watkins v. Grier

Appellant, in challenging the correctness of the judgment of Superior Court affirming judgment as of nonsuit entered in the municipal court of the city of High Point, states in brief filed in this Court that “the whole ease turned upon the question of whether or not the plaintiff had executed a valid and binding release of his claim.”

“A release executed by an injured party and based upon a valuable consideration is a complete defense to an action for damages for the injuries, and where the execution of such a release is admitted 'or established by the evidence, it is necessary for the…