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/V".: 7HNB TCTYH, I 790. •— -—-· TODD Qerfu THOIIPSOII. THB eauii: being marked for trial, it was continued by the plaintill'; whereupon rhe defendant’s counfel moved for l rule to try at the next term, or nu prar. This, however, was againl! thofe governments. In En:l:1n¢l alfo all intere'l was agaiult law, till the Stat. 37. H. 8. (.`. g zhe growi g fpirit of commerce. nnlmger rellninerl by the pr nciples of zhe Ro · an e'-urch, th-n li·lE began to tolerate it. The lime cauiep-oduretl the fam; e{l`ec`• in Holland. and, perhaps. in fume other e:-mmercial and catholic countries. But even in England the allowance rf inzer ll is not given by egress Inn. but reéia on the Iisrrelfvn qjuiqvs and juries. as the arbirers of damages. S metimes t!·e judge h·.s enl.¤-ged the in;e.·e{l; an an yr cent per annum. (I Chim. Rep. $7). In other rafes he ixea it habitually rneper cen.lower than the legal rut.: (2 Tr. Atl:. 343.) and in a multituse tftaafcs he refafes it altogether. As for inllanee, no interellis `¤ . a· On arrears of:-ents, proiits. rr annuities 1 Chan. Rep. 184. 1.- P. W. 16~.· Ca. temp. albot a. 2. For mainiienanee, Vin. Abnlnterell. C. ro. 3. For monies advanced by Exerutcrs. 2. Abr. Eq. Sgt. 15.

. For goods fohlaml delitered. 3. W .lfonz¤6.

_ S. On book-deh:s,op·n accounts, or {imple contraélr. 3. Chan. Rep. 6.;. Freem. Ch. Rep. r gg. Dougl. 376. ‘• For Yn|"n.'y lent Wltllout I nate- Za Strile 9]O• 7. On an inland hill ofexehange, if no prone!} is taken. 2. Stra. gto. 8. On a band alter zo years. z. Vem. 4g8. or after a tender. g. On a decree in certain cafes. Frei-m. C·-. Rep. Isl. Ic. On judgments in certain cafes, as baztery and ilander. Freem. Ch Re 3}. I1. On ari; decree-sror judgments in certain courta,aa the exehequer chamber. Don la s, 7 3. · ta. On coll:. 2. glu. lf;. ego. 7. And we may a.·d. once ibr all. that there is no iullrument or title In debt fo formal end liicred. as to t ive a right zo interell on it under all poilible eireumllanees. The words of`.Lord M.m<6eld. in Doug!. 153- when- he lays •• Tha: the queilinn was what was to be the rule for aff lling the dannugv, and mlm, in thu cafe. the imerest ought to be the measure qfzbe damage. tue a::ion being for a debt, but in a cafe 0i` 21!¤Ll1er fort the rule mjgrbr be :Il£fi.renI " his Word! in Dollgl. 376- " That intercll might bc payable in cafes of delay : If a jury in tbefr dfarruiorx, lhall think fit to allow ir." And the dcétrine iu Gilt; V- . {Re . Q