ASSOCIATED PRESS v. TOLEDO INVESTMENTS, INC.

No. 7796.

389 So.2d 752 (1980)

ASSOCIATED PRESS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOLEDO INVESTMENTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowther & Boone, Robert C. Lowther, Jr., Many, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bethard & Davis, James G. Bethard, Coushatta, for defendant-appellee.

Before FORET, STOKER and LABORDE, JJ.


LABORDE, Judge.

This appeal arises from a breach of contract case in which appellant Associated Press, was denied recovery of liquidated damages from Toledo Investments Inc. For the reasons stated below, we affirm. We hold that while liquidated damages may be recoverable for breach of an obligation to pay money, that recovery is limited to interest. We deny enforcement of the liquidated damage clause in this case as it exceeds the allowable rate of interest.

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