PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — claim for pre-judgment interest — judgment to recover money — loan advances where no date for repayment — cause of action accrues on date of advance — whether interest should commence to run from date of demand for repayment — whether judgment creditor has sustained actual loss.
COSTS — joinder of two (related) plaintiffs — uncertainty as to identity of creditor — uncertainty contributed to by conduct of defendant — first plaintiff’s claim abandoned at trial — whether defendant entitled to costs against plaintiff whose claim was abandoned — offer of settlement — whether relevant to exercise of discretion.
