Bryant v. Vix

This was a bill in equity, to enjoin the enforcement of a chattel mortgage.

The bill alleges, that on* the 15th day of March, 1873, Oliver Gr. Bryant loaned to the complainant the sum of $400 for three months, at the usurious interest of six per cent per month, for which complainant gave to Bryant her promissory note, and a chattel mortgage upon certain personal property, to secure its payment; that there were successive renewals of the loan, and a subsequent additional one of $100, from time to time, at short intervals, at the same rate of interest, until June 14, 1874, when there was a…