Case Name: Church, Executor of -, v. Rhodes
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1789-09
Citations: 1 Root 141
Docket Number: 
Parties: Church, Executor of -, v. Rhodes.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 141–142

Head Matter:
Church, Executor of -, v. Rhodes.
Accord and satisfaction cannot be given in evidence under the plea of full payment.
AotioN on note. Plea full payment. Issue to the court.
The defendant proved that he sold and delivered a quantity of cheese to the testator, more than to the amount of said note, which was agreed to he received on said note.

Opinion:
Judgment for the plaintiff — Because the proof did not .answer tbe issue; be ought to have plead it by way of accord and satisfaction; no collateral article can be payment of a money debt, although it may be delivered and received in .satisfaction by the accord and agreement of the plaintiff.