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Case No. 17,912.
    WISE v. RESSLER.
    [2 Cranch, C. C. 199.] 1
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    April Term, 1820.
    Interest on Rent.
    In covenant for rent, interest does not accrue until demand.
    [See Case No. 17,911.]
    In the trial, a question arose, whether the jury was bound to give interest on the rents from the time they became demandable, or fiom the time of actual demand.
    N. Herbert and Mr. Taylor, for plaintiff.
    Mr. Swann, for defendant.
   THE COURT

(MORSELL, Circuit Judge, contra.)

The tenant is not in default until demand; and interest ought not to be given unless from the time of the default of the tenant.