H B F Dalgety Ltd v Morton - [1987] 1 NZLR 411

Contract — Defences — Accord and satisfaction — Real estate agent sold farm and rendered an account to the vendors for commission according to scale as specified in the contract — Vendors paid by cheque a lesser amount accompanied by a note "My estimate of costs on 'work done' basis" — Agent banked cheque and at the same time wrote to the vendors declining to accept that amount in full settlement — Whether the defence of accord and satisfaction applied.