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.
[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]