Henry v. Risk
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an action brought for goods sold and delivered in the city of Philadelphia, the plaintiff having charged interest upon his account, after allowing six months’ credit. Upon the trial, it was admitted, that the net amount of the goods had been paid; and the counsel on both sides agreed, that, whether the interest ought to be allowed, was the only question in the causo.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The question is shortly this : The plaintiff’s testator having-sold a considerable quantity of goods, wares and merchandise, to the defendants, for which the defendants have paid the net amount, shall interest be allowed upon the account for these goods, wares and merchandise, with* out any notice to the defendants, *that interest would be charged, or any agreement, upon their part, to pay it? If this point had not been already settled, it would nevertheless be highly inconvenient to the pub-' lie welfare (which it is our duty to consider), that the plaintiff's demand should be…
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