Book 14 (January 1950 - July 1954) - City of Oxford

MINUTE BOOK No. 14, CITY OF OXFORD-----Ō£MENT - MERIDIAN'-'"--- _ ... - ...Payable out of Water and Light Fund.By order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, M. B. 14 Pages 215 and216Combs, City Clerk&xw.dt-'~" MayorIn consideration of the sum of Seven Hundred >'and Fifty ($750.(10)Dollars paid meO,y' THE CITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, ~ississippi, the receiptwhereof is hereb: acknowledged, I, Paul ~ullis, the undersigned, dohereby release and forever discharge the said THE CITY OF OXFORD, Oxford,Mississippi from any claim, demand, or liability, or payment ofany further or other sums of money for and on account or growing outof the fo11mnng mentioned matter and claim, viz:, On or about January 10th, 1950, as an employee, of The City ofOxford, Oxford, Mississippi, I was assistin(~ in laying heavy metalwater main pipe on Tyler Avenue, between 5th and 9th Streets, in TheCity of Oxford, Mississippi. I got down into the open d'itch to assistin letting a joint down into place, but, because of row size andthe narrowness of the ditch, the pipe would not go down,' wedging againstmy stomach and the ditch bank, and causing an umbilical hernia to developein my body, and resulting in much physical pain and mental suffering,as well as loss of time and incapaciting me to do heavylabor.I acknowledge hereby the payment to me, in aqdition to theSeven Hundred and Fifty ($750.(10) Doa11ars hereinabove paid, the paymentby The City of Oxford, Oxford, Mississippi, of the straight time Iwould have made had I not been injured as aforesaid, ,.rith regard towhether I worked or not, since the date of :my injury as aforesaid.And I hereby accept the said sum of $750.00 in full satisfaction,acquittance and discharge of all claims I may have against the saidTHE CITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, Mississirpi, and/or its Agents and Employees,growing out of or in any manner connected with the cause or matterabove set forth; and do contract and agree that the payment of saidamount shall operate as a perpetual bar to any suit or other processfor the collection of enforcement of said claim, and shall be in fulldischarge, compromise and se~t1ement of any cause or suit which may havebeen instituted by me and be pending before any court or tribunal againstsaid THE CITY OF OXFORD, Oxford, Mississippi, or any judgement or decreewhich may heretofore have been entered or obtained in my favor againstsaid City, arising or growing cut of the claim or demand set forth above.It is hereby expressly amdexstOOd 2nd agreed The City of Oxford, Oxford,Mississippi is under no obligation or requirement to take or retain mein its employment or service in any position or capacity whatever.Witnesses:Given under' my hand and seal, this the 1st day of Nov. , 1950./sl J. T. Davis /sl Paul Mullislsi Edith Mullis***********************On motion made, seconded and passed unanimously, it is ordered that this Board donow adj ourn sine die.~~City Clerkl