This section is from the book "The Law Of Contracts", by William Herbert Page. Also available from Amazon: Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide to Deals, Contracts, Agreements and Promises.
Tender can be made only to the creditor,1 or to one of two or more joint creditors,2 his duly authorized agent,3 or his personal representatives. Tender of a debt due to a building and loan association made to the local secretary is sufficient.4 So a tender may be made to the attorney at law in whose hands the claim has been placed for collection.5 So a tender made after a bona fide attempt to find the creditor, to the creditor's son who is authorized to reject the tender unless a receipt in full of all demands is also given by the debtor, is sufficient.6 If tender is made to a stranger it is without legal effect- So a tender to an agent not authorized to receive payment is without legal effect.7 So is a tender made to executors named in a will not yet probated.8
 
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