Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1880

Hopkins v. Shepard

Hopkins v. Shepard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided November 24, 1880 · Gray
129 Mass. 600; 1880 Mass. LEXIS 308

Hopkins v. Shepard

Opinion of the Court

Gray, C. J.

There can be no doubt that the plaintiff, under his declaration, and without proving any demand, is entitled to recover interest by way of damages upon the judgment sued on, from the date of that judgment to the date of judgment in this action, computed at the ordinary legal rate of interest in this Commonwealth. Williams v. American Bank, 4 Met. 317, 322. Barringer v. King, 5 Gray, 9. Mahurin v. Bickford, 6 N. H. 567. Exceptions overruled, with double costs.

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