Case Name: Nugent & Lallande vs. E. B. Cryer
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Gunby 28
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nugent & Lallande vs. E. B. Cryer.
Judges: 
Reporter: Legal points decided by the Second circuit court of Louisiana (Gunby's Reports)
Volume: 1
Pages: 28–28

Head Matter:
Nugent & Lallande vs. E. B. Cryer.

Opinion:
Gunby, J.
The charge in a merchant's account of eight per cent, interest, no matter how often and explicitly the same has been acknowledged, is illegal unless there has been a written agreement to pay that rate, or unless the agreement is proved by interrogatories on facts and articles. 13 An. 233; 6 M. 278; 7 L. 520; 15 An. 457; 21 An. 278.