Hughes v. Holden

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This case involves the claim of usury. The appellant, Hughes, filed the action against Appellee Holden, seeking to recover $4,128.90 because it was claimed that Holden had charged usury. The cause was tried before the Circuit Court without a jury; and the findings were made that the original contract and payments thereunder were free of usury. Accordingly, the judgment was in favor of Holden; and there is this appeal.

Holden owned a farm of several hundred acres in Crittenden County. In January, 1954 Hughes rented certain lands from Holden as a tenant,…