Earle v. Owings
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Greenville, August, 1904. Action by J. E. Earle against Samuel Owings, Yancy Carter, Ella Easley, Lucy Harris, and Butler Harris. From Circuit decree, plaintiff appeals. Mr. Heyward .cites: Is appellant chargeable with usury? 2 N. & McC., 393; 2 Hill., 408; 9 Rich., 80; 10 Rich.
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Before Townsend, J., Greenville, August, 1904. Action by J. E. Earle against Samuel Owings, Yancy Carter, Ella Easley, Lucy Harris, and Butler Harris. From Circuit decree, plaintiff appeals. Mr. Heyward .cites: Is appellant chargeable with usury? 2 N. & McC., 393; 2 Hill., 408; 9 Rich., 80; 10 Rich. Eq., 594; 16 S. C., 75; 14 S. C., 343; 68 S. C., 115. The act of 1898 does not apply to contract made before that date: 62 S. C., 171, 191. Can Samuel Ozvings set up plea of usury? 66 S. C.', 60; 53 S. C., 115; 67 S. C., 108. Is the plea of usury barred? Code of Proc., 94, 110, 113; 66 S. C., 60.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
On December 3d, 1885, plaintiff executed a deed conveying fifty acres of land in Greenville County, S. C., to the defendant, Samuel Owings. On the same day, defendant, Owings, executed to plaintiff a mortgage to secure the balance of purchase money for said land, represented by ten promissory notes given by Owings to plaintiff. This action was to foreclose said mortgage for the balance claimed to be due upon the last five of-said notes. The defendants answered separately, each alleging that on December the 3d, 1885, plaintiff divided…
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