Day-Luellwitz Lumber Co. v. Serrell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. McKenzie Cleland, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The law of Illinois recognizes an accord and satisfaction by the payment and acceptance of a less sum than that due, if there be a bona fide dispute as to the sum which should be paid by the debtor to the creditor. Hayes v. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co., 125 Ill. 626; Ostrander v. Scott, 161 Ill. 339; Lapp v. Smith, 183 Ill. 179; Canton Union Coal Co. v. Parlin & Orendorff Co., 215 Ill. 244.
If the less sum is sent in a check or draft of the debtor, with the statement that it is in full of the account, and the creditor reduces it to money, he will be held to have acceded to “the accord and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hayes v. Massachusetts Mutual Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Ostrander v. ScottIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- McFadden & Bro. v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Canton Union Coal Co. v. Parlin & Orendorff Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Hill v. HobartSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1839
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