Legal Opinion
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. Spurgeon
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 6, 1961No. 6 Div. 577PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
Appeal from a judgment awarding appellee damages for personal injuries sustained by him when struck by a train on July 20, 1955, at which time, he lost a leg and was otherwise injured. The judgment was for $12,500. A motion for a new trial was overruled.
This appeal is concerned only with assignments of error on rulings with reference to special plea four that the plaintiff executed a release of this claim for $500. The replications to the plea were to the effect that the release was void or invalid because (a) the plaintiff lacked mental capacity to contract when the release…
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