Legal Opinion

McInnis v. Cooper Communities, Inc.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 23, 1981No. 80-254Published

1Opinion of the Court

611 S.W.2d 767 (1981)

Ellis W. McINNIS et ux., Appellants,

v.

COOPER COMMUNITIES, INC., Appellees.

No. 80-254.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 23, 1981.

Cockrill & McGhee, Little Rock, for appellants.

Richard H. Smith, Bentonville and Catlett & Henderson, Little Rock, for appellees.

HOLT, Justice.

Appellants brought suit to have a note and mortgage declared usurious and void, in violation of Art. 19, § 13 of the Constitution of Arkansas (1874), which restricts the charge of interest to 10% annually. Appellee responded that the loan, bearing 12% interest, was valid, because it came within the…

Also in this document: Dissent · Hickman; Dissent · Purtle.

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Wickard v. FilburnSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. United States v. National Dairy Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. United States Department of Agriculture v. MorenoSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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