Legal Opinion

Hollowell v. Southern Building & Loan Ass'n

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1897PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Civil aotioN, to recover twice the amount of usurious interest paid by plaintiff to defendant, Building and Loan Association. There was judgment for the plaintiff and defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

Eubches, J.:

It is alleged in tbe complaint that the plaintiff borrowed of the defendant $1,000, which sum had been paid off and satisfied by plaintiff before the commencement of this action. That defendant charged plaintiff $5 as interest and $12 as dues, to be paid on the last Saturday in each month. That plaintiff continued to pay this interest and these dues, as required by the contract of loans, until the first of July, 1894, when he bad paid the defendant $450.60. This left, as defendant contended, the sum of $730.97 which the plaintiff paid to the defendant — making the sum of $181.57…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Meroney v. Atlanta Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
  2. Miller v. Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
  3. Strauss v. Carolina Inter-State Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
  4. Rowland v. Old Dominion Building & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
  5. Roberts v. Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1896

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Smiley v. Citibank (South Dakota), N. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Shepard v. Ocwen Federal Bank, FSBSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2006
  3. Shepard v. Ocwen Federal Bank, FSBCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2005
  4. Swindell v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'nSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1991
  5. Turner v. . BogerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1900

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