Tom Huston Peanut Co. v. Black

The result of the cause turns upon the question of accord and satisfaction.

Complainant and one Johnson, cashier and bookkeeper for defendant, met in Montgomery and went over the accounts, drafts, and checks, spending some time over the dispute between them as to the amount due defendant. At the conclusion of these conferences, complainant delivered Johnson a check for $569.69, payable to defendant Tom Huston Peanut Company, on the margin of which were the words, “For account in full to date June 1, 1928,” and Johnson delivered to complainant a receipt for said sum “for account in full to…