Trecy v. Jefts

This is an action to recover money paid by mistake. The verdict was for the plaintiffs. There was evidence tending to show the following facts. The plaintiffs were in trouble, and many of their creditors had signed a paper giving time, with an option to settle for fifty per cent. The plaintiffs owed the defendant $1,014.80, but by a mistake supposed that they owed $2,029.60, twice as much. The defendant knew the mistake, but did not mention it to the plaintiffs. The defendant signed the paper by an agent, and the plaintiffs, purporting and intending to pay one half of their debt, as the…