Personal Finance Co. v. Hammack

This suit, begun by warrant of a justice of the peace, was brought under section 3504 of Shannon’s Code (Code of 1858, section 1955), to recover “usurious interest,” paid by the plaintiff, Hammack, to the Personal Finance ■ Company. The warrant was amended in the circuit court so as to set out in detail the facts surrounding the transaction, and when its demurrer was overruled the Finance Company declined to plead further. Thereupon the circuit court rendered judgment for the plaintiffs, Ham-mack and wife, from which judgment the Finance Company has prosecuted its appeal in the nature of a…