Finlayson v. Harris

Plaintiff and appellant, Rose Finlayson, as administratrix of the estate of Frank F. Finlayson, deceased, sued defendant and respondent, Harris, upon a promissory note to recover an alleged balance of $461.75 due decedent's-estate. Respondent answered with a general denial followed with the affirmative defense that on December 21,1925, he delivered his check for $150 to said Finlayson who accepted the same “in full satisfaction and discharge of the claim or demand set up in the said complaint.”

Harris had executed and delivered the note in question to Finlayson on December 22, 1920, in the…