Connor v. Minier

This is an action on a promissory note for

$300, in which The Williams Plan Company, hereinafter called simply the company, is named as payee. The plaintiff is the assignee of the payee for collection merely, and hence stands in its shoes as to all defenses. The defendant Gaste filed an answer alleging as a defense that the loan was usurious, and appeals from a judgment against him for the full amount of the note with interest.

Prom the record the following facts appear without dispute. The defendant H. W. Minier, desiring to borrow $300, went to the office of the company a few days before May…