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3 Sayer v. Wagstaff, 5 Beav. 423; Happy v. Mosher, 48 N. Y. 313; Hall v. Richardson, 16 Md. 396, 77 Am. Dec. 303; Lupton v. Freeman, 82 Mich. 638. 46 N. W. 1042; Morrison v. Smith, 81 111. 221; Fry v. Patterson, 49 N. J. Law. 6. 12, 10 Atl. 390; Hays v. McClurg. 4 Watts (Pa.) 452; Barnet v. Smith, 30 N. H. 256, 64 Am. Dec. 290. See. also, the cases cited in note 2, supra. See "Payment," Dec Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 16-23; Cent. Dig. §§ 63-90.
4 Robinson v. Read, 9 Barn. & C. 449; Sayer v. Wagstaff, 5 Beav. 415. See "Payment," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) % 1; Cent. Dig. §§ 1, 3, 4, 24.
5 Stone v. Seymour, 15 Wend. (N. Y.) 19; Seymour v. Van Slyck, 8 Wend. (N. Y.) 403; Tayloe v. Sandiford, 7 Wheat. 13, 5 L. Ed. 384; Fowke v. Bowie, 4 Har. & J. (Md.) 566; Hansen v. Rounsavell, 74 111. 238; Stewart v. Keith, 12 Pa. 238; Sawyer v. Tappan, 14 N. H 352; Cavanagh v. Marble, 80 Conn. 389, 68 Atl. 853, 15 L. R. A. (N. S.) 127. See "Payment," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 38; Cent. Dig. §§ 99-103, 128.
6 Patty v. Milne, 16 Wend. (N. Y.) 557; Miln v. Patty, 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 558; Ellis v. Mason, 32 S. C. 277, 10 S. E. 1069; Washington Natural Gas Co. v. Johnson, 123 Pa. 576, 16 Atl. 799, 10 Am. St. Rep. 553; Atkinson v. Cox, 54 Ark. 444, 16 S. W. 124; Stewart v. Hopkins, 30 Ohio St. 502; Weth-erell v. Jay, 40 Me. 325; Champenois v. Fort, 45 Miss. 355; Runyan v. Latham, 27 N. C. 551; Benson v. Reinshagen, 75 N. J. Eq. 358, 72 Atl. 954 (although the creditor does not assent to such application). Cf. Flarsheim v. Brestrup, 43 Minn. 298, 45 N. W. 438. See "Payment," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 38; Cent. Dig. §§ 99-103, 128.
7 Pearce' v. Walker, 103 Ala. 250, 15 South. 568. See "Payment," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 39; Cent. Dig. §§ 104-114.
8 Mayor, etc., of Alexandria v. Patten, 4 Cranch, 317, 2 L. Ed. 633; Harding v. Tifft, 75 N. Y. 461; First Nat Bank of Fair Haven v. Johnson, 65 Vt. 3S2, 26 Atl. 634; Whitaker v. Groover, 54 Ga. 174; Jones v. Williams, 39 Wis. 300; Case v. Fant, 53 Fed. 41, 3 C. C. A. 418; Henry Bill Pub. Co. v. Utley, 155 Mass. 366, 29 N. E. 635; Lee v. Early, 44 Md. 80; Senter v. Williams (Ark.) 17 S. W. 1029; Beck v. Haas, 111 Mo. 264, 20 S. W. 19, 33 Am. St. Rep. 516; Howard v. McCall, 21 Grat. (Va.) 205; Perot v. Cooper, 17 Colo. 80, 28 Pac. 391, 31 Am. St. Rep. 258; Jefferson v. Church of St. Matthew, 41 Minn. 392, 43 N. W. 74; Byrnes v. Claffey, 69 Cal. 120, 10 Pac. 321; Koch v. Roth, 150 111. 212, 37 N. E. 317. The creditor cannot, without the debtor's consent, apply the payment to an illegal claim, Anderson v. Griffith, 51 Or. 116, 93 Pac. 934; Phillips v. Moses, 65 Me. 70; Pickett v. Bank, 32 Ark. 346; McCausland v. Ralston, 12 Nev. 195, 28 Am. Rep. 781; Caldwell v. Wentworth, 14 N. H. 431; Bancroft v. Dumas, 21 Vt. 456; Rohan v. Hanson, 11 Cush. (Mass.) 44; Kidder v. Norris. 18 N. H. 532; unless the debtor consents, Brown v. Burns, 67 Me. 535; Feldman v. Gamble, 26 N. J. Eq. 494. But he may apply it to a debt which is merely unenforceable, and not illegal. Haynes v. Nice, 100 Mass. 327, 1 Am. Rep. 109; Ayer v. Hawkins, 19 Vt. 26; Murphy v. Webber, 61 Me. 478. He cannot apply it to a debt not yet due. Heard v. Pulaski, 80 Ala. 502, 2 South. 343; Bobe's Heirs v. Stickney, 36 Ala. 482. May apply it to either a joint or an individual note of the same debtor. McBride v. Noble, 40 Colo. 372, 90 Pac. 1037, 13 Ann. Cas. 1202. The application must be made within a reasonable time, or it will be applied by law. Harker v. Conrad, 12 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 301, 14 Am. Dec. 691. See "Payment," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § SO: Cent. Dig. §§ 104-114.

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