B-169876, AUG. 11, 1970
Highlights
INTEREST SINCE PAYMENTS OF INTEREST BY THE GOVERNMENT ON ITS UNPAID ACCOUNTS OR CLAIMS MAY NOT BE MADE EXCEPT WHEN INTEREST IS STIPULATED FOR IN LEGAL AND PROPER CONTRACTS OR WHEN THE ALLOWANCE OF INTEREST IS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED BY STATURE. AMOUNT ALLOWED MADISON PARK HOTEL ON ITS CLAIM IS PROPER. TO GREEN & GREEN: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED JULY 24. REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE CLAIM OF THE MADISON PARK HOTEL WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED BY THIS OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $9. YOU DESIRE TO KNOW WHY INTEREST ON THIS AMOUNT WAS NOT ALLOWED BY OUR OFFICE. THE RULE IS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST BY THE GOVERNMENT ON ITS UNPAID ACCOUNTS OR CLAIMS MAY NOT BE MADE EXCEPT WHEN INTEREST IS STIPULATED FOR IN LEGAL AND PROPER CONTRACTS OR WHEN THE ALLOWANCE OF INTEREST IS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED BY STATUTE.
B-169876, AUG. 11, 1970
CLAIMS -- INTEREST SINCE PAYMENTS OF INTEREST BY THE GOVERNMENT ON ITS UNPAID ACCOUNTS OR CLAIMS MAY NOT BE MADE EXCEPT WHEN INTEREST IS STIPULATED FOR IN LEGAL AND PROPER CONTRACTS OR WHEN THE ALLOWANCE OF INTEREST IS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED BY STATURE. AMOUNT ALLOWED MADISON PARK HOTEL ON ITS CLAIM IS PROPER.
TO GREEN & GREEN:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED JULY 24, 1970, REQUESTING CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE CLAIM OF THE MADISON PARK HOTEL WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED BY THIS OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,418.25. SPECIFICALLY, YOU DESIRE TO KNOW WHY INTEREST ON THIS AMOUNT WAS NOT ALLOWED BY OUR OFFICE. WE INTERPRET THIS INQUIRY AS BEING A CLAIM FOR INTEREST ON THE AMOUNT ALLOWED.
THE RULE IS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST BY THE GOVERNMENT ON ITS UNPAID ACCOUNTS OR CLAIMS MAY NOT BE MADE EXCEPT WHEN INTEREST IS STIPULATED FOR IN LEGAL AND PROPER CONTRACTS OR WHEN THE ALLOWANCE OF INTEREST IS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED BY STATUTE. ANGARICA V BAYARD, 127 U.S. 251; UNITED STATES V HOTEL CO., 329 U.S. 585.
AS WE ARE AWARE OF NO CONTRACT PROVISION OR STATUTE PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST UNDER THE FACTS OF YOUR CASE, INTEREST MAY NOT BE ALLOWED. ACCORDINGLY, YOUR CLAIM FOR INTEREST ON THE AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED IS DENIED.