Merrills v. Law

Curia, per Savage, Ch. J.

Law sued Merrills in the , TIT „ 'Ll common pleas on a note dated June 29, 1822, payable to Sally M. Jones or bearer, and by her endorsed to the plaintiff below. The defence was usury. The first witness, Wilson, testified as stated in the bill of exceptions, that in the summer of 1822, before Miss Jones, the payee, was married, he heard her say she had lent money to Merrills, for which she received about double interest; the witness understood 12 per cent. She showed this note, and said she was to have nearly, double interest. AlfredWhite testified, that before the…