EXUM v. WASHINGTON FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.


297 S.W.2d 805 (1955)

Obie EXUM, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE CO. et al., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section Jackson.

Certiorari Denied June 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde P. West, Memphis, for appellant.

W. Wright Mitchell, Canada, Russell, Turner & Alexander, Memphis, for appellee.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court June 8, 1956.

CARNEY, Judge.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether or not a release and settlement of an automobile fire insurance policy executed by appellant in the office of and witnessed by a Deputy State Fire Marshal was executed under such duress as to render it void.

The complainant, Obie Exum, is a negro man aged 37 who lived in Tipton County, Tennessee. He finished the eighth grade in school...

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