Weaver v. Maillot

Plaintiff sues, as holder of a draft dated New Orleans, July 26th, 1859, for $800, payable five months after date, drawn by TJ. C. Briggs upon and accepted by E. Price <& Co., in favor of J. Maillot <& Co., by whom it is endorsed.

The defendants, the drawers and endorsers of this .draft, plead that about two years since, plaintiff made a loan of eight hundred dollars to defendant, Briggs, for which he received usurious interest; that Briggs’ notes or drafts for this loan were renewed from time to time upon usurious interest paid, (amounts and dates not recollected, with the exception of the…