Leafgreen v. Telford

Mr. Justice F. A. Smith

delivered the opinion of the court.

The principal ground upon which appellants ask a reversal of the judgment is based upon the rule of law that the payment of a part of a debt or liquidated damages is not a satisfaction of the whole demand. The application of the rule to the case at bar is made by the assertion that at the time the payment of $1,750 was made the claim amounted to $3,646.03. This amount was arrived at by taking the sum that was agreed upon, in the contract of arbitration as due from appellees to appellants, $4,007.03, and subtracting therefrom the sum of…