Legal Opinion
Douthwright v. Northeast Corridor Foundations
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 17, 2002No. AC 21988PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
This case concerns the applicability of the doctrine of accord and satisfaction, a common-law doctrine that, for negotiable instruments such as checks, has now been codified1 in article three of the Uniform Commercial Code, General Statutes § 42a-3-311.2 Invoking this doctrine, a debtor maintains that its belated payment of the principal amount of a debt discharged it of any obligation to pay interest on the debt because its payment check was accompanied by a letter stating that the check was tendered as an accord and satisfaction.
A precondition of an enforceable accord and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of ManchesterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. SantiagoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Herbert S. Newman & Partners, P.C. v. CFC Construction Ltd. PartnershipSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Briggs v. McWeenySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Doyle v. KuleszaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Auto Glass Express, Inc. v. Hanover InsuranceConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
- Lavelle v. Ecoair Corp.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- Baughman v. Automated Horizons, Inc.Virginia Circuit Court · 2003