CONTRACTS - ASSIGNMENT - RIGHT OF PARTIAL ASSIGNEE

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One White assigned to the plaintiff, for a valuable consideration, part of the amount due him (White) from the defendant as wages for the last half of October. Before the time of payment on November 15th, the plaintiff had given written notice of the partial assignment to the debtor, defendant, who refused to recognize it, and who on the 15th of November paid the total sum due to White. Plaintiff sues in equity for. the $25.00 assigned to him, alleging the above facts. Held, that the defendant was in equity bound by the notice of the partial assignment and must pay the amount assigned to the plaintiff in spite of the prior payment to White. Graham v. Southern Railway (Ga. 1931) 161 S. E. 125.

Recommended Citation

CONTRACTS - ASSIGNMENT - RIGHT OF PARTIAL ASSIGNEE, 30 Mich. L. Rev. 1338 (1932).
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