Jackson v. Travis

This is an action to cancel a certain note and a mortgage of real estate to secure it, (the note executed bv the nlaintiff George, and the mortgage by. both. -plaintiffs, to the defendant Travis, and bv him transferred to the, other defendants,) on the ground that they are usurious. The court below found as facts, and the evidence justifies the findings, in substance that the note and the mortgage in question, with two other mortgages given in terms to secure the note, the defendant Travis being named as payee in the note and mortgagee in the mortgages, were executed without any consideration…