McKim v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.

Plaintiff was a conductor in one of defendant’s street railway cars. He was injured at a crossing with the tracks of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company. He charged his injury to the joint negligence and wrong of that company and defendant. For the sum of six hundred dollars he released the Missouri Pacific Company bjr duly executed written paper. He then brought the present action against the defendant, the street railway company and the latter in its answer, pleaded such release as operating its own discharge also. Plaintiff then in his reply sought to avoid the release by a plea that it…