Tepoel v. Saunders County National Bank

This is an action on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy:

“ 250.00 Waitoo, Neb., July 28, 1884.

“April 1, 1885, after date, for value received, I jointly and severally promise to pay to the order of H. H. Dorsey, at the Saunders County National Bank, of 'Wahoo, Nebraska, the sum of two hundred and fifty and no 100 dollars, with interest at ten per cent per annum,- payable, annually from maturity until paid.

“Herman Tepoel.”

The defenses set up in the answer are usury, fraud, and misrepresentation. On the trial of the cause in the court below, judgment was rendered in favor of the…