Legal Opinion
Faurie v. Pitot
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 1, 1811PublishedCited by 5 opinions
The plaintiff had brought suit for her dotal rights, against the defendants, syndics of her husband's estate, and obtained judgment, but no at-lowance was made to her for interest; none having been prayed: she now instituted the present Suit to recover the interest.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.,
Interest cannot be sued distinctly from the principal. It is an accessory of *84the debt, and when that is cancelled, the right to the interest is also destroyed.
Derbigny, for the plaintiff. Paillette, for the defendant.
Judgment for Defendant.
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