Rural Electric Appliance Co. v. Joiner

The issue to be decided is involved on the pleadings ; that is to say whether -the court erred in overruling the motion to strike the answer on the ground that it was insufficient in law as a valid defense to the petition. In this -we think the court erred. “A rescission of the contract by consent, or a release by the other contracting party, is a complete defense.” Code, § 20-905. “Accord and satisfaction is where the parties, by a subsequent agreement, have satisfied the former one, and the latter agreement, has been executed. The execution of a new agreement may itself amount to a…