Blackshear Manufacturing Co. v. Harrell

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

1. The assignments of error based on the general grounds of the motion for new trial are abandoned.

2. Under the Code, § 20-1004, “bank checks and promissory notes are not payment until themselves paid;” and a promissory note taken in renewal of a previous note, or for a balance due on such note or an account, will not, until that note is actually paid, operate as a payment, or operate as an accord and satisfaction or novation extinguishing the previous note or indebtedness, unless the parties so agree. Belmont Farm v. Dobbs Hardware Co., 124 Ga. 827 (53 S. E. 312);…