PETERS v. BUTLER

[No. 159, September Term, 1968,]

253 Md. 7 (1969)

251 A.2d 600

PETERS, ET VIR v. BUTLER, ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Helm, with whom was George H. Eggers on the brief, for appellants.

Francis X. Quinn, with whom was James J. Couch, Jr., on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and MARBURY, BARNES, SINGLEY and SMITH, JJ.


HAMMOND, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

A woman injured in an accident and her husband asked an equity court to reform a general release to all mankind given to one joint tortfeasor on the ground that it did not reflect the intention of the parties, and to make it into a release which would permit the releasors to sue a second tortfeasor in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, Code (1968 Repl. Vol.), Art. 50...

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