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Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:16:22.632269+00
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OPINION ON DENIAL OF PETITIONS FOR REHEARING
HUNTLEY, Justice.*
The petitions for rehearing of both parties are denied. However, two issues assigned by appellant in the appeal were not addressed in our initial opinion and we do so now.
I.
Inland Title asserts a right to attorney fees under Idaho Code § 12-120(3) which reads in part:
In any civil action to recover on an open account ... or contract relating to the purchase ... of ... services ... the prevailing party shall be allowed a reasonable attorney fee to be set by the court to be taxed and collected as costs. (Emphasis supplied.)
In Torix v. Allred, 100 Idaho 905, 911, 606 P.2d 1334 (1980) this Court stated:
The respondent’s counterclaim was an action on an open account for sums Torix owed Burley Butte for feeding and caring for his cattle. As prevailing parties on that counterclaim the respondent was entitled to attorney fees as a matter of statutory right under I.C. § 12-120(2) [now § 12-120(3) ] and not merely in the court’s discretion.
Accordingly, on remand the trial court will fix attorney fees both for the trial and appeal.
II.
Secondly, Inland Title asserts that it is entitled to interest at 12% under I.C. § 28-22-104(6) for “Money due upon open accounts after three (3) months from the date of the last item.” This transaction does not qualify as such an open account. Therefore, the trial court should not utilize I.C. § 28-22-104(6) for determining the date of commencement of the accrual of interest.
BAKES, C.J., and BISTLINE and JOHNSON, JJ., concur.
SHEPARD, J., sat but did not participate due to his untimely death.

This opinion was prepared by Huntley, J., and voted on by the Court prior to his resignation on August 7, 1989.