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MID CITY THEATER CORPORATION v. BETHEA

No. 3593.

210 A.2d 10 (1965)

MID CITY THEATER CORPORATION, a Corporation, Appellant, v. Albert BETHEA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 12, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Farquhar, Washington, D. C., with whom Hugh Lynch, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Barrington D. Parker, Washington, D. C., with whom George A. Parker, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Chief Judge:

Appellee brought this action for damages resulting from an injury sustained by him while a patron in appellant's theater. In its answer appellant denied any negligence on its part, and as an affirmative defense pleaded a written release executed by appellee in consideration of payment to him of $300. At appellant's request there was a separate trial on the issue of the validity of the release, resulting in a jury verdict that the release was invalid...

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