https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200322 Pre-suit interest was disallowed on claims for storage and incidental expenses because the demand was for unliquidated compensation, not a debt or sum certain, and there was no contract, trade usage or statute authorising interest. The High Court's assessment of reasonable storage charges, together with watch and ward, terminal tax, cartage, unloading and cooliage, was upheld on the evidence, and mere silence by the defendant did not amount to assent to the claimed rate. The incidental items were treated as part of one indivisible bailment claim, so Article 61 of the Limitation Act did not apply and the suit was not time-barred. en-us Wed, 10 Mar 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:19:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200322 Pre-suit interest was disallowed on claims for storage and incidental expenses because the demand was for unliquidated compensation, not a debt or sum certain, and there was no contract, trade usage or statute authorising interest. The High Court's assessment of reasonable storage charges, together with watch and ward, terminal tax, cartage, unloading and cooliage, was upheld on the evidence, and mere silence by the defendant did not amount to assent to the claimed rate. The incidental items were treated as part of one indivisible bailment claim, so Article 61 of the Limitation Act did not apply and the suit was not time-barred. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 Mar 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200322