Boston Sand and Gravel Co. v. United States

In collision cases between private parties, interest, as a general rule, is allowed upon the amount of the loss sustained. That the allowance may be to'somejextent in the discretion of the court does not affect the question presented here, since the court below denied interest not as *50a matter of discretion but upon the ground that it had no power to allow- it against the United States. Erom an examination of the record, it" fairly may be assumed that if the case had been one between private parties interest would have been allowed..

It is said that when interest is allowed it is no part the…