Liles v. Bank of Camden County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Highsmith. Camden superior court. June 19, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
A deed executed by a borrower prior to the act approved August 18, 1916 (Acts 1916, p. 48), relating to penalties for charging usury, under the Civil Code, § 3306 et seq., to secure a debt infected with usury, and purporting not only to convey title to the lender, but also to confer on the lender a power of sale, is void, and therefore ineffectual either to pass title or to create a valid power of sale. Civil Code, § 3442; Pottle v. Lowe. 99 Ga. 576 (27 S. E. 145, 59 Am. St. R. 246); Wacasie v. Radford, 142 Ga. 113 (82 S. E. 442). But under the maxim, “ He who would have equity must do equity…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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