Stanley-Thompson Liquor Co. v. Southern Colorado Mercantile Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen.

This is an action brought by The Southern Colorado Mercantile Company, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, against The Stanley-Thompson Liquor Company, defendant, to recover the sum of $19.43 claimed to be due as an unpaid balance on a bill of $97.28 for liquor sold by plaintiff to defendant.

The defendant pleaded, and at the trial sought to prove, the defense of accord and satisfaction. At the close of the evidence each party moved for a directed verdict in its behalf respectively. The court sustained the motion of the plaintiff, and instructed the jury to…