20 Johns. 102
Decided May 15, 1822
New York Supreme Court · decided 1822-05-15
THIS was an action of assumpsit on a promissory note, made by the defendants, at Montreal, in Lower Canada payable to the plaintiffs, (who resided in England,) or to their order, “ with interest until paid in England” The questions raised for the consideration of the Court were, 1.
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Decided 1822-05-15
Cited by 22 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1931
14 state decisions
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¶1The plaintiffs are entitled to English interest, and not to the rate of.interest in Lower Canada;' -And the interest is to be calculated up to the time of the judgment; not to the time when the money might, in the ordinary course of business, be remitted to England The plaintiffs are not entitled to any allowance on account of the difference of exchange with England.
¶2Judgment accordingly.