Pinnel's case Pinnel bring a action of debt upon a obligation against coal of  l for the payment of l S the day of Nov the defendant plead that he at the  instance of the plaintiff before the say day sure october at west to loosen  to express grief he pay to the plaintiff l S d quas indeed  l S d the  plaintiff accept in full satisfaction of the l S and it be resolve by the  whole court that payment of a lesser sum in satisfaction of a great can be any  satisfaction for the whole because it appear to the judge that by no  possibility a lesser sum can be a satisfaction to the plaintiff for a great  sum but the gift of a horse hawk c in satisfaction be good for it shall be  intend that a horse hawk c shall be more beneficial to the plaintiff than the  money in respect of some circumstance or otherwise the plaintiff will not have  accept of it in satisfaction but when the whole sum be due by no intendment  the acceptance of parcel can be a satisfaction to the plaintiff but in the  case at bar it be resolve that the payment and acceptance of parcel before the  day in satisfaction of the whole shall be a good satisfaction in regard of  circumstance of time for peradventure parcel of it before the day shall be  more beneficial to he than the whole at the day and the valve of the  satisfaction be not material so if I be bind in l to pay you l at Westminster  and you request I to pay you l at the day at York and you will accept it in  full satisfaction of the whole l it be a good satisfaction for the whole for  the expense to pay it at York be sufficient satisfaction but in this case the  plaintiff have judgement for the insufficient plead for he do not plead that  he have pay the l S d in full satisfaction as by the law he ought but plead  the payment of part general and that the plaintiff have accept of it in full  satisfaction and always the manner of tender and of the payment shall be  direct by he who make the tender or payment and not by he who accept it and  for this cause judgement be give for the plaintiff see reader Henry bar in  debt upon a obligation of l the defendant plead that one f be bind by the say  deed with he and each in the whole and that the plaintiff have make a  acquittance to f bear date before the obligation and deliver after by which  acquittance he do acknowledge himself to be pay S in full satisfaction of the  l and it be adjudge a good bar for if a man acknowledge himself to be satisfy  by deed it be a good bar without any thing receive vide Richard bar Henry bar  Henry c