Laramore v. Bank of Americus
Supreme Court of Georgia
Interest and Usury. Before Judge CRISP. Lee Superior Court, March Term, 1882. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add that the witnesses on behalf of the plaintiff denied the existence of usury, and the only testimony on that subject, introduced by defendant, was as follows : ‘Tn Americus, 1875, he gave to N. Emanuel a promissory note for the sum of $-, and in said note there was about $60.00 usury.
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Interest and Usury. Before Judge CRISP. Lee Superior Court, March Term, 1882. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add that the witnesses on behalf of the plaintiff denied the existence of usury, and the only testimony on that subject, introduced by defendant, was as follows : ‘Tn Americus, 1875, he gave to N. Emanuel a promissory note for the sum of $-, and in said note there was about $60.00 usury. The Bank of Americus held against him anote for the sum of $55.00, and in the year 1878, on the-day of--, of said year, he and the Bank of Americus had a settlement,…
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
This was a suit brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error to recover the amount claimed *723to be due on certain promissory notes, to which the defence of ’ usury was made. A verdict was had for the plaintiff; and on a motion for a new trial, the defendant alleged error in that the court charged the jury, “that if the plaintiff received, either as collateral or by purchase, the note of two hundred and ninety dollars in due course of trade before due and without notice of the usury, the plaintiff was entitled to collect the whole sum due.” The court, in…
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