Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1913

Caldwell & Drake v. Pierce

Caldwell & Drake v. Pierce
Court of Appeals of Kentucky · Decided September 23, 1913 · Hobson
154 Ky. 771; 159 S.W. 559; 1913 Ky. LEXIS 157

Caldwell & Drake v. Pierce

Opinion of the Court

Response to Petition for Rehearing by

Chief Justice Hobson

Reversing.

Upon a reconsideration of this case, we conclude that appellee should he allowed interest on the balance found due her from the filing of her petition. The judgment determines that this amount was then due her, and should have been paid. The general rule is that interest is allowed on the balance due on an account from the bringing of the suit. (Tobin v. South, 18 R., 350; Henderson Cotton Mfg. Co. v. Lowell Machine Shops, 86 Ky., 668.)

The opinion is extended to this extent; the judgment appealed from is reversed on the cross appeal; and the cause remanded for a judgment as above indicated. In other respects the petition for rehearing is overruled.

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