Seymour v. Goodrich
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of corporation court of Norfolk city, entered December 27th, 1882, in attachment suit of D. A. Goodrich, assignee of late firm of Goodrich & Hendricks, plaintifi~, against M. T. Seymour, S. M. Seymour, Andrew Coyne, A. Wallaee aiid others, defendants.
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Appeal from decree of corporation court of Norfolk city, entered December 27th, 1882, in attachment suit of D. A. Goodrich, assignee of late firm of Goodrich & Hendricks, plaintifi~, against M. T. Seymour, S. M. Seymour, Andrew Coyne, A. Wallaee aiid others, defendants. The defendants, under their firm name of A. Coyne & Co., were indebted to the firm of Goodrich & Hendricks in the sum of over $2,000. The creditor firm agreed with Williani T. Seymour, a brother of the debtors of that name, if he would pay them the sum of $400 to release his brothers from liability for that debt, and that sum…
1Opinion of the CourtHiNTON, J.
The principal question in this case, and the only one we deem it necessary to consider, is, whether there has been such a partial payment of the debt due by the firm of A. Coyne & Co., of which the appellant was a member, to the firm of Goodrich & Hendricks, of which the appellee I). A. Goodrich is assignee, as will operate as an extinguishment of the debt so far as the appellant .VI. T. Seymour and his brother S. M. Seymour are concerned.
The general doctrine to be deduced from the authorities from Pinnel’s ease, 5 Coke’s R. 117 a, down to the present time, seems to be, that an agreement to…
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