Osborne v. Fuller
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Laurens, November term, 1911. Action by W. R. Osborne against A. P. Fuller. Defendant appeals. cites: Plea of usury: 37 Ency. 1043, 1046. When creditor may apply payments and not be usury: 68 S. C. 115; 77 S. C. 141; 3 McC. 173; 30 S. C. 134; 74 S. C. 371. Expenses of making loan not to be included: 37 Ency. 1013; 18 Blatchf. 507; 83 S. C. 534; 39 Cyc. 983. Nor commissions for selling goods: 33 S. C. 367; 11 Barb. 80. Action should have been for accounting…
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Before Gage, J., Laurens, November term, 1911. Action by W. R. Osborne against A. P. Fuller. Defendant appeals. cites: Plea of usury: 37 Ency. 1043, 1046. When creditor may apply payments and not be usury: 68 S. C. 115; 77 S. C. 141; 3 McC. 173; 30 S. C. 134; 74 S. C. 371. Expenses of making loan not to be included: 37 Ency. 1013; 18 Blatchf. 507; 83 S. C. 534; 39 Cyc. 983. Nor commissions for selling goods: 33 S. C. 367; 11 Barb. 80. Action should have been for accounting under mortgage on crop: 30 S. C. 514, 17; 34 S. C. 169; 49 S. C. 433; 43 S. C. 187; 47 S. C. 143. To make out usury there…
1Opinion of the Court
August 26, 1912. The opinion of the Court was delivered by In this action to recover $952.12, double the amount of alleged usurious interest collected from the plaintiff by the defendant, the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $231.50. The defendant appeals, assigning error in refusing a nonsuit, in giving certain instructions to the jury, and in refusing to order a new trial.
Osborne, the plaintiff, was a tenant of Fuller, the defendant, for the year 1910, cultivating a five-horse farm. Fuller paid the balances on mortgages due by Osborne and agreed to make advances to him by…
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