Crocker-Anglo National Bank v. Claude T. Lindsay, Inc.

We must determine if a claim involving the purchase of goods for a liquidated sum on the terms of “2% ten; net 30” affords the right to statutory interest from the date of expiration of 30 days, or from any other date, prior to an order for the payment of the claim, within the meaning of the Probate Code. We have concluded that it fails to do so here because (1) the claim, presented to the executrix, made no demand for interest; (2) the claim on its face did not call for interest; and finally (3) the creditor was entitled to interest only from the date of order of payment.

The representative…