Comparet v. Jernegan

This was an action of debt on a promissory note, made and executed in the city of New- York, and payable at the same place. The plaintiffs in their declaration *376claim the legal rate of interest in the state of New-York, _ which they aver to be seven per cent, per annum,. The defendant pleaded nil debet. On the trial, the plaintiffs introduced a witness to prove by parol that, by the laws of the state of New- York, the legal rate of interest was as they had averred and claimed in their declaration. The defendant objected to the testimony, but it was admitted by the Court, to which the defendant…