Garcia v. Robinson

ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR

Under common law, a creditor’s acceptance of a check bearing the notation “in full payment” or similar language operates as an accord and satisfaction. See Industrial Life Insurance Co. v. Finley, 382 S.W.2d 100, 106 (Tex.1964). Petitioner Ramon Garcia asks us to decide whether Tex. Bus. & Com.Code § 1.207 abrogates this common-law rule. The court of appeals held that it does, and reversed summary judgment in favor of Garcia. 804 S.W.2d 238. The court of appeals should not have reached this issue, however, because the Robinsons did not raise it in the trial…