CANNING v. STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 1647.

138 F.Supp. 843 (1956)

Harold M. CANNING, Plaintiff, v. STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Alexis I. DuPont Bayard, Erwin M. Budner and William E. Taylor, Jr., Defendants.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

February 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel O. Hastings and Clarence W. Taylor (of Hastings, Lynch & Taylor), Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

William E. Taylor, Jr., and Donald C. Taylor, Wilmington, Del., for defendants.


LEAHY, Chief Judge.

This cause arises from plaintiff's motion to strike defendants' demand for jury trial with respect to the issue of the validity of a release. The facts of this litigation may be found in D.C.Del., 130 F.Supp. 697.

In 1952 plaintiff entered into a five-year employment contract with defendant corporation. In 1954 for valuable consideration plaintiff executed with defendants a release under seal. In his...

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