RUGGLES v. SELBY

Gen. No. 47,733.

25 Ill. App.2d 1 (1960)

165 N.E.2d 733

Genevieve Ruggles, Conservatrix of the Estate of Charles E. Ruggles, an Incompetent Person, and Genevieve Ruggles, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Raymond Selby and Fred Meneely, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Rehearing denied March 11, 1960.

Released for publication April 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Duzer, Gershon, and Jordan, of Chicago (Louis Gershon and Horace W. Jordan, of counsel) for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Louis G. Davidson, of Chicago (Perry M. Berke, of counsel) for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.


JUSTICE FRIEND delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs sued to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendants Raymond Selby and Fred Meneely in the operation of their tractor-trailer truck. Defendants denied liability and, as a special defense, alleged that plaintiffs had executed a general release for the sum of $900 in favor of defendants. The trial court, acting as a chancellor...

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