Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Alford & Co.

Alford & Company sued tbe defendant railroad companies on an account, of which the following, so far as material here, is a copy: “To interest on claim for $141.90 for 9 months at 7%, from April 29, 1907, to November 29, 1907, $6.34. To interest on $23.40 for seven months and twelve days at 7%, .95.” In response to demurrer the plaintiffs amended as follows: “The item of $6.34 charged in account is for interest as stated, on a claim for loss of freight in transit, and failure and delay on the part of the defendant to settle said claim for the period therein named, and for the loss of the use…