McKenna v. McKenna

It is urged that the Circuit Court erred in admitting in evidence the contract sued on, because the consideration set forth in the second special count of the amended declaration, the only count under which the instrument was admissible, differed materially from that expressed in the instrument.

The last clause of the instrument says “this agreement is made and accepted on both sides in full settlement of all past and present differences between them of every name and nature whatsoever.” This is a general statement of the consideration for the agreement, and it is substantially the…