ROYAL ROUTE COAL CO. v. BURCH

No. 12997.

182 F.2d 658 (1950)

ROYAL ROUTE COAL CO. v. BURCH.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Everett, Jr., Vicksburg, Miss., for appellant.

Landman Teller, Vicksburg, Miss., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, WALLER, and BORAH, Circuit Judges.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

The effectiveness of a release from liability by an uncompensated signer confronts us here.

Appellee Burch, while driving a vehicle belonging to his employer, O'Neill-McNamara Hardware Company, was involved in a collision with a vehicle owned by, and at the time in the service of, the appellant, Royal Route Coal Company. Appellee received injuries believed at the time to be of such minor consequence...

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