Joseph E. Heckenkamp, Jr. v. John L. Kennedy

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

This diversity personal injury action presents the principal question of the legal effect of a release signed by appellee, plaintiff below, which by its terms fully and completely released all claims accruing to plaintiff for injuries he sustained as the result of being struck while a pedestrian, by an automobile being driven and operated by the appellant, defendant.

After the action was removed from the Circuit Court of Marion County, Missouri, to the United States District Court, defendant filed his answer in which the issues were joined on the allegations of…