Davis v. Rider

This was an action of assumpsit. The first count was on a promissory note, dated the first of May, 1860, due eighty days after date, and for the sum of §146.15, given by appellant and payable to appellees. It was payable “ at the banking house of Chesnut, Blackburn and Dubois, with twenty-four per cent per annum, after maturing, as compensation and damage for non-payment.” Appellant, after the court had computed interest upon this note from maturity till the rendition of the judgment, at the rate of twenty-four per cent per annum, moved the court to set aside the assessment, and allow but six…