538.1  Demand required.

No cause of action shall accrue upon a contract for labor or the payment or delivery of property other than money, where the time of performance is not fixed, until a demand of performance has been made upon the maker and refused, or a reasonable time for performance thereafter allowed.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 959; R60, § 1806; C73, § 2097; C97, § 3056; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9443; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 538.1]


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