¶1Interest cannot be sued distinctly from the principal. It is an accessory of *84the debt, and when that is cancelled, the right to the interest is also destroyed.
¶2Judgment for Defendant.
2 Mart. 83
Faurie v. Pitot
Decided July 1, 1811
Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1811-07-01
The plaintiff had brought suit for her dotal rights, against the defendants, syndics of her husband's estate, and obtained judgment, but no at-lowance was made to her for interest; none having been prayed: she now instituted the present Suit to recover the interest.
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently January 1849
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Decided 1811-07-01
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