Southworth v. . Bennett
New York Court of Appeals
This was an action to recover rent under lease of a farm. Defendant in his answer alleged that the lease was executed in pursuance of an usurious agreement by which plaintiff agreed to loan to him a sum of money to pay incumbrances upon the farm then owed by defendant, defendant agreeing to convey the farm to plaintiff, to execute a lease agreeing to pay $500 a year rent, and to pay the sum loaned with fourteen per cent interest, whereupon plaintiff was to reconvey ; that…
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This was an action to recover rent under lease of a farm. Defendant in his answer alleged that the lease was executed in pursuance of an usurious agreement by which plaintiff agreed to loan to him a sum of money to pay incumbrances upon the farm then owed by defendant, defendant agreeing to convey the farm to plaintiff, to execute a lease agreeing to pay $500 a year rent, and to pay the sum loaned with fourteen per cent interest, whereupon plaintiff was to reconvey ; that the money was loaned, the deed and lease executed under and in pursuance of such agreement. The answer also set up an…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, J.,
reads for affirmance of order of General Term and for dismissal of appeal from judgment.
All concur.
Ordered accordingly.
2Cited by5 opinions
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