Ancrum v. Slone

Citations

• 29 S.C.L. 594

Syllabus

<p>1. A special assumpsit on a warranty of soundness for damages, is subject to the rule governing actions sounding in damages, that interest is not recoverable eo nomine.</p> <p>2. The general rule is to allow interest eo nomine, only on money demands certain, or capable of being reduced to a certainty, and payable at a definite time, either expressly or impliedly.</p> <p>3. There may be some exceptions to the rule, and its application has been extended by construction of law.</p> <p>4. Interest being stated damages on pecuniary liabilities, to find a sum with interest in an action sounding in damages, is to allow damages on damages, which is an .incongruity.</p>