Legal Opinion
Knott v. Jackson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 16, 1942No. Nos. 7, 8PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Plaintiffs below, Walter A. Jackson, Rebecca M. Jackson, his wife, and Isabell Ware, sued the defendant, Dr. C. O. Knott, for the recovery of alleged usurious interest. The record discloses that in February, 1937, Mr. Jackson sought a loan from Dr. Knott and offered as security a third deed of trust on his home, but the loan was refused on the ground the security offered was insufficient. Later Mr. Jackson, with the consent of his aunt, Isabell Ware, again approached Dr. Knott and offered a second deed of trust on Mrs. Ware’s house as additional security for the loan.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Von Rosen v. DeanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by5 opinions
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