Walker v. Reese & Co.

Reese & Company sued Walker upon a promissory note. Walker pleaded in defense to the action an accord and satisfaction, which consisted of an agreement between the parties that, upon the delivery to the plaintiffs of certain specified papers and a given amount of money, the defendant should be discharged from all liability on the note, and that the papers had been delivered and the money paid in compliance with this agreement. At the trial the plaintiff introduced in evidence the note sued on, and the defendant introduced evidence tending to establish that an agreement had been entered into…