Cap. 16 Art. 1141From what day interest is due.

(1) Where the obligation is of a commercial nature, or the law provides that interest is to run ipso jure, interest shall be due as from the day on which the obligation should have been performed.

(2) In any other case, interest shall be due as from the day of an intimation by a judicial act, even though a time shall have been fixed in the agreement for the performance of the obligation.