release
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 332 U.S. 625 - Callen v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 1948Most cited · 543 citing opinions
a release is not a device to exempt from liability but is a means of compromising a claimed liability and to that extent recognizing its possibility.
How often courts cite the cases defining “release”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “release” — 561 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1842–1948
- ORIGINAL
The effect of a release, executed in consideration of the settlements of accounts between the parties... If the account is impeached, the release will not prevent the court from looking into the settlement; and the release in such a case is entitled to no greater force in a court of equity than the settlement of the account upon which it was given.
effect in equity when account impeached