6 Johns. 283 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1810
Lead Opinion
This is a motion to set aside the execut tion, on the ground of its being satisfied. There is no doubt but that the nominal amount of the judgment arid execution has been paid. The plaintiff contends for the right to collect interest, under the Ji. fa. accruing since the completion of the judgment. But this can only be done, when the debt carries interest, and is covered by a penalty, and the judgment is rendered for the penalty. It is an abuse of the process of the court, to make use of the execution to enforce the payment of interest accruing subsequent to the judgment. . This is acting without authority. The execution must follow the judgment, and can only be commensurate with it, To levy interest, in ,th.e. gi.ven. case, is to levy.more under the judgment than it-authorizes. “ Upon a judgment at law,” as Lord Loughborough admitted, (2 Vezey, jun. 162.) “ no interest subs.eq.uent.to’the judgment can be received. You may bring a fresh action for it, as a new cause of suit; but
Thompson, J. Spencer, J, and Yates, J. concurred..
Dissenting Opinion
dissentéd. He said, that where a judgment is reduced by partial payments, and the plaintiff orders less than the face of the judgment to be collected, he may well collect the intérest; the judgment, in such a case, being to be considered ill the nature of a penalty.
Rule granted.