Johnson v. Groce

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

This action by E. W. Johnson and George Dean Johnson, as plaintiffs, against J. E. Groce, as conservator-receiver of Eyman Savings Bank, defendant, commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Spartanburg County, June 21, 1934, is a suit for the recovery of the statutory penalty for usury. The matter was heard by his Honor, Judge T. S. Sease, on a demurrer to the complaint, filed by the defendant, alleging that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. His Plonor, Judge Sease, after hearing argument…