New York Court of Appeals

Edward S. Jaffray, Respondents v. Siegfried Davis, Appellants

January 14, 1891124 N.Y. 164

Summary

The Court held that the defendants' delivery of promissory notes for half the debt together with a chattel mortgage constituted sufficient consideration to support an accord and satisfaction, thereby barring the plaintiffs' action for the balance of the original debt. The agreement was therefore a valid discharge of the original indebtedness and the lower court's judgment was reversed.