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  "name": "EDWIN SALMON v. DR. WORTHAM WYATT",
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      "EDWIN SALMON v. DR. WORTHAM WYATT."
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        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThe facts in the instant case in respect of the release signed by the plaintiff and his wife are not materially different from those appearing in the case of Presnell v. Liner, 218 N. C., 152, 10 S. E. (2d), 639. There, the release was held to be effective on the principle of ratification. The same principle is applicable here.\nThe judgment of nonsuit will be upheld on authority of the Presnell case, supra.\nAffirmed.",
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      "JElledge & Wells and Gilbert L. Shermer for plaintiff, appellant.",
      "Sapp, Sapp & Athinson, Manly, Hendren ,& Womble, and W. P. Sandridge for defendant, appellee."
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    "head_matter": "EDWIN SALMON v. DR. WORTHAM WYATT.\n(Filed 14 June, 1941.)\nTorts \u00a7 8c\u2014\nRelease from liability for tort held effective on the principle of ratification upon authority of Presnell v. Liner, 218 N. C., 152.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Pless, J., at January Term, 1941, of Eobsyth.\nCivil action instituted 25 June, 1940, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by an excessive dosage of X-ray administered to the plaintiff by the defendant on 26 June, 1937.\nThe defendant denied liability and pleaded a release signed by the plaintiff and his wife on 2 October, 1937, as a bar to the action.\nFrom judgment of nonsuit entered at the close of plaintiff\u2019s evidence, he appeals, assigning errors.\nJElledge & Wells and Gilbert L. Shermer for plaintiff, appellant.\nSapp, Sapp & Athinson, Manly, Hendren ,& Womble, and W. P. Sandridge for defendant, appellee."
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