Matlack Coal & Iron Corp. v. New York Quebracho Extract Co.

(after stating the-facts as above). If the libelant’s claim had been made up of several items arising upon the breach of a single promise, of which the respondent recognized some and repudiated others, a payment of those conceded would have been good consideration for the discharge of the whole claim on that breach. Baird v. U. S., 96 U. S. 430, 24 L. Ed. 703; Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co. v. Clark, 178 U. S. 353, 20 S. Ct. 924, 44 L. Ed. 1099; City of San Juan v. Porto Rico, 195 U. S. 510, 25 S. Ct. 108, 49 L. Ed. 299, 1 Ann. Cas. 796; Nassoiy v. Tomlinson, 148 N. Y. 326, 42 N. E. 715, 51 Am.…