Williams v. Doster

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

This was an action for breach of contract for the lease-purchase of a boat and tortious conversion of the boat, brought by the purchaser. The principal issue was whether the seller accepted late installment payments on the contract thereby invoking the requirements of Code Ann. § 20-116. That statute provides: "Where parties, in the course of the execution of a contract, depart from its terms and pay or receive money under such departure, before either can recover for failure to pursue the letter of the agreement, reasonable notice must be given the other of…