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SMITH v. FENNER

399 Pa. 633 (1960)

Smith, Appellant, v. Fenner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett Kent, with him S.M. Flitter, for appellant.

J. Douglas Fackenthal, with him Edward J. Danser, and Fackenthal, Teel & McGiffert, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BENJAMIN R. JONES, May 23, 1960:

We have before us an appeal in each of two distinct actions: a personal injury action and an equity action, the latter seeking to render void a release given to one of three alleged joint tortfeasors by the plaintiff in the personal injury action. The basic issue is the impact, if any, upon this release of the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act (herein called Uniform Act) of July 19, 1951, P.L. 1130,...

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