Nocito v. Lannuitti

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin B. Jones,

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a trespass action upon a verdict directed by the court.

On May 27, 1958 an accident occurred at the intersection of Tenth, and Shunk Streets, Philadelphia, between a motor vehicle driven by John Nocito and a motor vehicle driven by Pasquale Lannuitti. Twenty-three days after the accident, Nocito signed a general release of all claims and rights of action arising out of this accident and received from a representative of Lannuitti’s insurance carrier a check for $125 which Nocito endorsed, cashed and the…