Case ID: dc_5/html/0506-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Eliza C. Burr v. Burch, Executor of Lippet.
    When, the question of interest is expressly reserved at the time of the receipt of the principal, such receipt is no bar to the recovery of the interest.
    Assumpsit, for a legacy. The plaintiff had given a receipt for the principal, reserving the question of interest to be afterwards settled.
    
      Mr. R. S. Coxe, for the defendant,
    contended that interest can-
    not be recovered after the principal has been paid. Dixon v. Barites, 1 Esp. Rep. 110; Tillotson v. Preston, 3 Johns. 229.
    
      Mr. Bradley, for the plaintiff,
    admitted the rule, with the exception where the question of interest is expressly reserved.
   The Court

(nem. con.) was of opinion, that where the question of interest is expressly reserved for future litigation at the time of the receipt of the principals that receipt is no bar to the recovery of the interest.