Surgijet, Inc

v. Hicks, 236 Ga. App. 80, 511 S.E.2d 194 (1999). It was not necessary for an employee to have made a demand for the payment of the salary claimed and to have been denied payment for the employee to be entitled to recover pre-judgment interest. Surgijet, Inc. v. Hicks, 236 Ga. App. 80, 511 S.E.2d 194 (1999). An action for unpaid sales commissions under an employment contract was not based on a commercial account and the trial court erred in charging the jury that the jury could award prejudgment interest at the rate of 1.5 percent a month. Southern Water Techs., Inc. v. Kile, 224 Ga. App. 717, 481 S.E.2d 826 (1997). Section applicable where bailee refuses to deliver property bailed. Garrard v. Dawson, 49 Ga. 434 (1873). Application of section to tort actions. — See Western & A.R.R. v. Brown, 102 Ga. 13, 29 S.E. 130 (1897). Prejudgment interest not authorized in tort action. — Suit to recover the down payment made under a purchase agreement 13-6-13 that was rescinded for fraud was a tort action; thus, the trial court erred in awarding interest under O.C.G.A. § 13-6-13. H & H Subs, Inc. v. Lim, 223 Ga. App. 656, 478 S.E.2d 632 (1996). The fair rule to be applied in awarding interest in building contracts is to ascertain the stated debt due at a certain time and deduct therefrom a reasonable amount for remedying defects. The former should bear interest from date it is ascertained or demanded; the latter should bear interest only from time dispute is resolved, even if it is at trial. J.A. Jones Constr. Co. v. Greenbriar Shopping Ctr., 332 F. Supp. 1336 (N.D. Ga. 1971), aff ’d, 461 F.2d 1269 (5th Cir. 1972). Cited in Blalock v. Phillips, 38 Ga. 216 (1868); Newton Mfg. Co. v. White, 53 Ga. 395 (1874); Tifton T. & G. Ry. v. Butler, 4 Ga. App. 191, 60 S.E. 1087 (1908); Whitlock v. Mozley & Co., 142 Ga. 305, 82 S.E. 886 (1914); Happ Bros. Co. v. Hunter Mfg. & Comm’n Co., 145 Ga. 836, 90 S.E. 61 (1916); Farm Prods. Co. v. Eubanks, 29 Ga. App. 604, 116 S.E. 327 (1923); Callaway v. Barmore, 32 Ga. App. 665, 124 S.E. 382 (1924); Benton v. Roberts, 41 Ga. App. 189, 152 S.E. 141 (1930); Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Raines, 171 Ga. 154, 155 S.E. 484 (1930); Atlanta C.L.R.R. v. Tifton Produce Co., 179 Ga. 624, 176 S.E. 624 (1934); Merchants Ins. Co. v. Lilgeomont, Inc., 84 F.2d 685 (5th Cir. 1936); Powell v. Bussell, 64 Ga. App. 42, 12 S.E.2d 152 (1940); State Hwy. Dep’t v. Knox-Rivers Constr. Co., 117 Ga. App. 453, 160 S.E.2d 641 (1968); Norair Eng’r Corp. v. Erickson’s, Inc., 152 Ga. App. 489, 263 S.E.2d 165 (1979); Horne v. Drachman, 247 Ga. 802, 280 S.E.2d 338 (1981); Williamson v. Bank Bldg. & Equip. Corp. of Am., 162 Ga. App. 295, 291 S.E.2d 124 (1982); Gregory v. Townsend Roofing Co., 163 Ga. App. 836, 296 S.E.2d 154 (1982); Reahard v. Ivester, 188 Ga. App. 17, 371 S.E.2d 905 (1988); Typo-Repro Servs., Inc. v. Bishop, 188 Ga. App. 576, 373 S.E.2d 758 (1988); Vulcan Life Ins. Co. v. Davenport, 191 Ga. App. 79, 380 S.E.2d 751 (1989); Stratton Indus., Inc. v. Northwest Ga. Bank, 191 Ga. App. 683, 382 S.E.2d 721 (1989); Jim Ellis Atl., Inc. v. McAlister, 198 Ga. App. 94, 400 S.E.2d 389 (1990); Lofty v. Fuller, 223 Ga. App. 95, 477 S.E.2d 30 (1996); Westchester Specialty Ins. Servs., Inc. v. United States Fire Ins., (11th Cir. 1997); Colonial Bank v. Boulder 472 13-6-14 Bankcard Processing, Inc., 254 Ga. App. 686, 563 S.E.2d 492 (2002).