Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Burke
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Seminole County; J. W-. Bolen, Judge. Action by J. E. Burke against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, motion for new trial overruled, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
COLLIER, C.
In this action the defendant in error seeks recovery of $40,000 damages from the plaintiff in error for personal injuries suffered by him. Hereinafter the parties will be styled as they were in the trial court.
The defendant answered and set up that consideration of the sum of $2,500 paid to the plaintiff by the defendant had compromised said claim and released and forever discharged the defendant from any and all liability for all claims, for all injuries including those that may hereafter develop, as well as those apparent, and attached to said answer, as an exhibit,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Hedin v. Minneapolis Medical & Surgical InstituteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
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