Van Vleet Mansfield Drug Co. v. Anders

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Plaintiff filed this suit on October 10, 1925, on the promissory note of defendant for $119.-51, with 8 per cent, interest from August 5, 1921, and 15 per cent, attorney’s fees stipulated therein.

Defendant, in bar of the suit, alleges and contends that the note was extinguished in full on June 10, 1922, by compromise and settlement with Stewart & Stewart, attorneys for plaintiff, at which time the sum of $31.52, being 25 per cent of the note, principal, and interest, was paid to and accepted iby said attorneys, in keeping with the terms of said compromise. This defense was…