Pattavina v. Pignotti

The present appeal involves two cases that were consolidated for trial in the district court. The first case was a suit to foreclose certain notes and real estate mortgages executed in favor of Filippo Pattavina by Julio and Vincenza Pignotti, husband and wife. The answer pleaded usury as a defense. The second case was a suit by Julio Pignotti against Filippo Pattavina alleging that the notes and mortgages were usurious and praying for a reformation thereof to show the true amount of money loaned and the elimination of the interest provisions contained therein. The trial court found that the…