Gore v. . Lewis

MekrimoN, C. J.:

The plaintiff brought this action to recover the money due upon two promissory notes executed to him by the defendant, one for $250 due March 1st, 1887, the other for $500 due March 1st, 1888, both bearing interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum, and to foreclose a mortgage of the defendant’s real and personal estate made to secure these notes. The defendant admits the execution of the notes and mortgage, but he alleges that they are founded upon a usurious consideration, and hence the plaintiff lias forfeited the entire interest which the notes carry with them.

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