Meeker v. Hill
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery, brought to the superior court, for Fail-field county, October term, 1854, to foreclose the defendants of the right of redemption in certain mortgaged premises.
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This was a bill in chancery, brought to the superior court, for Fail-field county, October term, 1854, to foreclose the defendants of the right of redemption in certain mortgaged premises. The bill stated that, on the 14th day of August, 1849, Frederick W. Meeker, then in full life, since deceased, and Francis Meeker, were indebted to John S. Hill, since deceased, by their joint and several note, in the sum of $1,788, payable on demand, with interest annually, and, to secure the payment of said note, on the day aforesaid, they mortgaged to said Hill, the land in question. Frederick Meeker…
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The point in dispute in this case, was carefully examined, and settled by this court, in the case of Camp v. Bates, 11 Conn. R., 487, and can not now be considered an open question. It is suggested, however, that the decision in that case, is not an authority.against the defendant here, for the reason, that the question is not raised upon the general statute against usury, as it stood previous to *5781849, but upon the.last clause of the act of that year, which provides that the provisions of the third section of that act shall apply, not only to cases where usurious interest is reserved, or…
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