McGee v. Fourth & First National Bank

A question of practice only is presented. A bill to recover alleged usury was filed May 31, 1919. A demurrer was filed August 12th following. The cause thus stood without action of any kind until October 30, 1925 —six years, two months and eighteen days — when motions were made and heard by the chancellor on the same day, by complainant to dispose of the demurrer, and by defendant to dismiss the suit, on the ground, first, that the sufficiency of the demurrer had been admitted b\> failure of complainant to set it for argument at the first term, which opened the first Monday in October, 1919,…