BUTCHER v. UNITED ELECTRIC COAL CO.

No. 9817.

174 F.2d 1003 (1949)

BUTCHER v. UNITED ELECTRIC COAL CO.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 9, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew E. Murray, Chicago, Ill., Horace E. Gunn, Danville, Ill., Ray J. Schoonhoven, Elgin, Ill., for appellant.

David Jacker, Dudley F. Jessopp, Walter T. Kuhlmey, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before MAJOR, Chief Judge, KERNER and MINTON, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from an order dismissing his cause for reasons set forth in a memorandum opinion promulgated by the court in allowing the defendant's motion to dismiss the amended complaint based principally on a release signed by the plaintiff some eleven years before the action was brought.

In the original complaint, appellant alleged that in 1919 one Moore engaged his services to negotiate the purchase of several strip coal mining...

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