Ruggles v. Selby

Plaintiffs sued to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendants Raymond Selby and Fred Meneely in the operation of their tractor-trailer truck. Defendants denied liability and, as a special defense, alleged that plaintiffs had executed a general release for the sum of $900 in favor of defendants. The trial court, acting as a chancellor, set aside the release, and the jury returned verdicts for the plaintiff Genevieve Euggles as conservatrix of the estate of Charles E. Euggles, an incompetent person, in the amount of $38,000, and for Genevieve Euggles…