Weeth v. New England Mortgage Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. Tbe case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This case comes here by appeal on a certificate of division after a decree in accordance with the opinion of the presiding judge, as required .by sect. 650 of the Revised Statutes. The value of the matter in dispute is less than 15,000, and we have consequently no jurisdiction, unless the questions certified are such as we can consider.
The controversy is as to whether certain notes sued on are usurious. In the progress of tbe cause a reference was made to one of the masters of the court “ to report on the law and the facts as shown by the pleadings and the proofs herein.” The master reported,…
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