Hickingbotham v. Industrial Finance Corp.

This action originated in a justice of the peace court in Desha County by Industrial Finance Corporation, appellee here, filing a note signed by appellant, R. 'C. Hickingbotham, upon which a balance of $40 was claimed as due. The defense of usury was interposed and sustained by the justice and an appeal was prosecuted to the circuit court of Desha County, and upon trial before the court on the issues joined in the justice court it found no usury in the contract and rendered judgment accordingly from which this appeal comes. The note, the foundation of the action, provides;

“$100 Pine Bluff,…