Ellis v. Williams

1. The purpose of the small-loan act of 1920 (Ga. *182L. 1920, p. 215, sections 1, 17, 18; Code, §§ 25-301, 25-317, 25-9902), was to regulate the business of making small loans. The penalties provided thereby were designed to punish those who engaged in making small loans “as a business,” and who did not corn-lily with all the provisions of the act after having obtained a license, or those who engaged in business without a license. It necessarily follows that §§ 25-301 and 25-317 must be construed together, and that the words “person, partnership, or corporation,” as they appear in § 25-317, mean…