Quarles v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““But even though the claim for legal interest upon the money demanded may under the present exceptional circumstances be a separate and distinct claim than that for the principal, nevertheless Code of Practice, Article 157 provides that a creditor who fails to include interest in his demand in a suit is ‘considered as having remitted it’ and ‘cannot, after judgment, demand such interest by another action.’ Cf., Article 553, C.P. In our opinion, this article applies to and bars plaintiff’s present demand for legal interest upon the unpaid purchase price even though the initial suit was for an order to defendant to pay same rather than for a monied judgment therefor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Irving v. E. Sondheimer Co.