Runnals v. Aycock

Hall, Justice.

Runnals brought suit in a justice’s court against L. F. Aycock, who was the wife, and W. T. Aycock, the husband, upon two promissory notes given by them, bearing the same date, due at the same time, and for the same amount. To those suits there were two special pleas: one that the debt for which the notes were given was the husband’s debt, and that the wife signed only as security; the other, that this transaction was usurious, that the amount purported to be loaned on each occasion was $100, whereas only $85 was advanced. Those cases were not heard in the *555justice’s court, but…