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HECKENKAMP v. KENNEDY

No. 16180.

267 F.2d 887 (1959)

Joseph E. HECKENKAMP, Jr., Appellant, v. John L. KENNEDY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Carstarphen, Hannibal, Mo. (Frank B. Harvey, Hannibal, Mo., and R. G. Heckenkamp, Springfield, Ill., on the brief), for appellant.

Ben Ely, Hannibal, Mo. (Roger Hibbard, Hannibal, Mo., and George W. Peterson, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, VAN OOSTERHOUT, and MATTHES, Circuit Judges.

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...

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