Reede v. Treat

This is an appeal by the defendant, Judith Treat, from a judgment entered against her in the Circuit Court of Champaign, Illinois, in the amount of $11,000.

Defendant alleged, as a defense to plaintiff’s complaint for personal injury, a release executed by the plaintiff. The reply of the plaintiff pleaded that the release was executed under a mutual mistake as to the nature and extent of plaintiff’s injuries and upon a grossly inadequate consideration.

The trial court, hearing evidence as in equity, determined that the release was void by reason of mutual mistake of the parties in the execution…