case sir Charles Thorold against smith if a creditor send his servant to  receive money from a debtor and the servant receive a banker check and keep it  a unreasonable time until the banker fail qure whether this be payment to the  master S c ante S c holt darnel sergeant a receipt shall not be a good  discharge where a servant have not a special authority to give a receipt a  yearbook Henry pl Henry pl assize a suppose a servant give a receipt and do  not receive the money shall this bind the master so if he take any collateral  security as a bind Mr eyres the question be if a servant be send by his master  for money and receive anything else in lieu of money whether this be a  pursuance of his authority it do not appear in this case that sir Charles  Thorold have any notice of the receipt of the bill nor of Johnson break but  the servant send the note back upon hear of Johnson break a servant send by  his master to receive money can release or discharge his master debt without  receive the money for a receiver have no power to make any commutation without  a special authority b doctor and student b b sir James Montague contra the  authority cite from the old book c vide above note a c will not weigh much in  this case for the way of trade and commerce be of a quite different nature now  holt chief justice a bill of exchange or goldsmith note be not payment d see  Russell v hankey term Rep d unless the party omit receive of it in a  reasonable time as three day when he may have receive it e see more v warren  stram turner v head stram Manwaring v Harrison stram Hayward v bank of England  stram Pepys v sir John Lambert stram east India company v city stram Fletcher  v Sandys stram tassel v lee ld ray Appleton v Sweetapple Bayley on bill ware v  Evans ld ray hill v Lewis salk hankey v Trotman black Rep Metcalf v hall  Beawes l m chamberlain v de la rive will e but if he give a receipt and accept  the note as payment this shall bind modern report er p he in this case sir  Charles himself give no receipt but the servant where a man have authority to  receive money he can receive anything else it be common practice if a man  receive a modern report goldsmith note and give a receipt it be purchase the  bill in this case it must be understand accord to the course of the world and  trade that this servant have a general authority to do what his master will  have do this case differ much from the case of a servant or attorney to one  particular purpose but this be in nature of a factor c Powell justice No  modern practice will alter the old law the party himself may give a receipt  but a general receiver can receive anything else his own acquittance will stop  he but his servant receipt will not in this case the servant be send to  receive money this servant he suppose have many time receive bill S for his  master and this be a authority to this purpose but this indeed be proper  matter of evidence be the constant practice of the world and have this not be  sir Charles will have ask his servant what he have do and when he have tell he  he have receive such a note it be a strong presumption his master approve of  it or else it be to be presume he will have send it back again Adjournatur  holt chief justice think this be more matter of evidence than law and any jury  at guildhall will find payment by a bill to be a good payment it be the common  practice of the city and be propose a new trial whether the servant have power  to receive a bill and give a receipt which be agree to holt chief justice in  this case the receipt of a servant that have power be the receipt of the  master