Legal Opinion

Saxe v. Womack

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 7, 1896No. Nos. 9661-(277)PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Eamsey county, Otis, J., denying a motion for a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.

Action upon a promissory note secured by a mortgage. Defense, usury. The court below, trying the case without a jury, found against defendants, and from an order denying'a new trial they appeal.

Stated as briefly as possible, the controlling facts are these: Plaintiff, a nonresident, had made a few loans in the city of St. Paul, taking real-estate security. One Griggs collected interest and principal for him as it became due, remitting as collected. Through •the foreclosure of a mortgage given to secure the payment of one >of these loans, plaintiff, in 1893, became the owner of five unimproved…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bank of the United States v. Waggener and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
  2. Thurston v. . CornellNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
  3. Stein v. SwensenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
  4. Lewis v. WilloughbySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
  5. Yellow Medicine County Bank v. CookSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Dunn v. Midland Loan Finance Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
  2. C. C. Slaughter Co. v. EllerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  3. Banning v. HallSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
  4. Bridgeport L. A. W. Corporation v. LevySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
  5. Barry v. ParantoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906

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