Gillfillan v. Farrington

This was an action of assumpsit brought by appellees upon the common countslor goods sold and delivered. Special pleas set up by way of defense: first, an agreement by divers of the creditors, including plaintiffs, with each other and with the defendant, who was then in fid ling circumstances, to accept in satisfaction of their respective demands the promissory notes of a responsible party, for sixty per cent, of the amount thereof in thirty, sixty and ninety days — the tender of such notes according to the agreement — their acceptance by the other creditors so agreeing, and their refusal by…