¶1When a plaintiff in an action upon contract is delayed of his judgment by the unsuccessful motion of the defendant for a new trial, or when the defendant fails of establishing exceptions, &c., the clerk shall of course add to the amount found due by the verdict, interest thereon from the time it was returned to the day of entering the judgment.
6 Mass. 262
Vail v. Nickerson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 15, 1810
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1810-03-15
<p>Of the manner of administering oaths in France.</p> <p>Where the plaintiff, in an action upon contract, is delayed of his judgment, by the unsuccessful motion of the defendant for a new trial, he shall always have interest on the sum found by the verdict, from the time of finding the same to the time of judgment</p>
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Decided 1810-03-15
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