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30Sep

Not Just An Old Wives’ Tale: Negotiating “Paid In Full” Check Binds Contractor

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Long before I was an attorney, I heard this tale that if you endorsed a check that had the words “PAID IN FULL” written on the check, then you were accepting the check as full payment of whatever was owed. But I have never really thought about that legal principle because, “People don’t really do that, do they?”...
By: Burr & Forman
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/not-just-an-old-wives-tale-negotiating-79005/

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