context: Once defendant received actual notice of the assignment, it was under a duty to pay the assignee/hospital to the extent of the rights assigned.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 286 S.E.2d 161, 161
citation_a.parenthetical: effect of actual notice of an assignment "is to bind the obligor to pay the assignee, after notice, instead of paying the original obligee"
citation_a.sentence: Lataif, 223 Va. at 62, 286 S.E.2d 161; Southern Residence Corp. v. City Supply Co., 160 Va. 660, 667, 169 S.E. 579, 582 (1933) (once notice is received, obligor does not have the right to pay assignor in disregard of assignment); 2A Michie’s Jurisprudence, Assignments, § 26, at 336, citing Tazewell v. Barrett, 14 Va. (4 Hen. & M.) 259 (1809) (the receipt of actual notice of the assignment creates a “duty of the debtor to pay the assignee of the sum assigned”); Id., citing Lataif, 223 Va. at 62, 286 S.E.2d at 161 (effect of actual notice of an assignment “is to bind the obligor to pay the assignee, after notice, instead of paying the original obligee”) (emphasis added); see also Evans v. Joyner, 195 Va. 85, 88, 77 S.E.2d 420, 422 (1953) (“If the obligor has received no notice and does not know that his debt has been assigned, he may, with impunity, pay his original creditor and extinguish the obligation____”); County School Board of Carroll County v. First Nat. Bank, 161 Va. 127, 136, 170 S.E. 625, 628 (1933) (debtor is liable to assignee if it pays assignor after receiving notice); Switzer v. Noffsinger, 82 Va. 518, 521 (1886) (“until notice, the assignment is subject to all the equities of the debtor against the assignor”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 82 Va. 518, 521
citation_b.parenthetical: "until notice, the assignment is subject to all the equities of the debtor against the assignor"
citation_b.sentence: Lataif, 223 Va. at 62, 286 S.E.2d 161; Southern Residence Corp. v. City Supply Co., 160 Va. 660, 667, 169 S.E. 579, 582 (1933) (once notice is received, obligor does not have the right to pay assignor in disregard of assignment); 2A Michie’s Jurisprudence, Assignments, § 26, at 336, citing Tazewell v. Barrett, 14 Va. (4 Hen. & M.) 259 (1809) (the receipt of actual notice of the assignment creates a “duty of the debtor to pay the assignee of the sum assigned”); Id., citing Lataif, 223 Va. at 62, 286 S.E.2d at 161 (effect of actual notice of an assignment “is to bind the obligor to pay the assignee, after notice, instead of paying the original obligee”) (emphasis added); see also Evans v. Joyner, 195 Va. 85, 88, 77 S.E.2d 420, 422 (1953) (“If the obligor has received no notice and does not know that his debt has been assigned, he may, with impunity, pay his original creditor and extinguish the obligation____”); County School Board of Carroll County v. First Nat. Bank, 161 Va. 127, 136, 170 S.E. 625, 628 (1933) (debtor is liable to assignee if it pays assignor after receiving notice); Switzer v. Noffsinger, 82 Va. 518, 521 (1886) (“until notice, the assignment is subject to all the equities of the debtor against the assignor”).