Fitts v. Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co.

C. I. Pitts, the plaintiff, recovered judgment against the Panhandle & Santa Pé Railway Company, defendant, for the loss of his eye, alleged to have been caused by the actionable negligence of defendant. Among other defenses to the suit, defendant pleaded a release in full, the recited consideration whereof being: “An order on the treasurer of said company for $1, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,” and “the promise of said company to employ me for one day as trucker at the usual rate of pay, the execution thereof being conclusive evidence that said company has made me such…