Case Name: John H. Evers et al., Plaintiffs, v. Louis G. Ostheimer, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1902-02
Citations: 37 Misc. 163
Docket Number: 
Parties: John H. Evers et al., Plaintiffs, v. Louis G. Ostheimer, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 163–164

Head Matter:
John H. Evers et al., Plaintiffs, v. Louis G. Ostheimer, Defendant.
(Supreme Court, Kings Trial Term,
February, 1902.)
Consideration.
Part payment of a liquidated debt does not discharge the balance although offered, accepted and receipted for in full.
Action on a judgment for $263.11 entered in 1885. The defendant pleaded payment, and gave in evidence a receipt made March 2, 1894, by one of the plaintiffs for $75 from the defendant “ in full of all claims to date ”, and a like receipt made on the same day by the other plaintiff for $25 “ to satisfy my part of judgment ” (describing it). The defendant testified that these were the only payments made on the judgment.
At the close of the evidence both sides moved for a direction of a verdict, and the motion was reserved at defendant’s request.
Herman H. Baker for plaintiffs.
George M. Osgoodby for defendant.

Opinion:
Gaynob, J.:
It is elementary that the payment of part does not satisfy the whole of a liquidated debt, although offered, accepted and receipted for in full (Ryan v. Ward, 48 N. Y. 204).
A verdict is directed for the plaintiffs.