Chap. 353.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section fourteen of Chap-
ter one hundred and seventy-seven of the Code of eighteen hundred
and sixty in Relation to Interest.

In force April 2, 1873.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the fourteenth section of chapter one hundred and seventy-
seven of the Code of Virginia (edition eighteen hundred and
sixty), be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 14. The jury in any action founded on contract may allow
interest upon the principal due, or any part thereof, and fix
the period at which such interest shall commence. And in any
action for a cause arising hereafter, whether from contract or
from tort, the jury may allow interest upon the sum found by
the verdict, or any part thereof, and fix the period at which
the said interest shall’ commence. If a verdict be rendered
hereafter which does not allow.interest, the sum thereby fonnd
shall bear interest from its date, whether the cause of action
arose heretofore or shall arise hereafter, and judgment shall be
entered accordingly: provided, however, that in all suits for
the recovery of money, founded on contracts express or implied,
or on causes of action, or on labilities which were entered into
or existed, or where the original consideration accrued prior to
the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, it shall
be lawful for the court or jury by whom the suit may be tried,
to remit the interest upon the original debt found to be due, or
any part thereof, for the period commencing on the seven-
teenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and end-
ing on the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
or for any portion of said period. And on any judgment or
decree heretofore rendered, which has not been paid, the de-
fendant may, on motion, after ten days’ notice to the plaintiff,
cause the same to be reviewed by the court in which it: was
rendered, and if it shall appear from the record that the judg-
ment embraces interest which accrued between April the seven-
teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and April tenth, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-five, it shall be lawful for the court to
cause said judgment to be abated to the extent of the interest
so embraced. This provision shall not be so construed as to
give authority to any court to review such judgment for any
other cause whatever. This motion shall, in all cases, be at
the cost of the plaintiff in the motion.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.