Yates v. Valentine

When a subsequent promissory note is given for the same consideration as a former one, it is a question of fact for the determination of the jury, whether the former note is thereby satisfied. If the subsequent note was executed and accepted by the respective parties for that purpose, the satisfaction is complete. Hart v. Boller, 15 Serg’t & Rawle, 162; Brewer v. The Branch Bank, 24 Alabama, 440; Thatcher v. Dinsmore, 5 Mass. 299; French v. Price, 24 id. 13; Hutchins v. Olcott, 4 Vt. 549; Homes v. Smith, 16 Maine, 177. This is in harmony with the previous rulings of this court upon the…