Legal Opinion
McCall v. Herrin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 13, 1903PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Complaint. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. December 16, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtKish, P. J.
1. In the absence, of proof that a custom generally recognized as prevailing in a given city of this State was known to anon-resident, such custom can not be held to have become, by implication, a part of a contract entered into between a citizen of this' State and such non-resident. See Hendricks v. Middlebrooks Co., 118 Ga. 131, and cases cited.
2. When no more than the legal rate of interest is reserved upon a loan, the fact that the lender’s agent charged the borrower an additional sum as a commission will not render the transaction usurious, if the lender did not authorize such charge,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sanders v. NicolsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- McLean v. CamakSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Hendricks v. Middlebrooks Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Gannon v. Scottish American Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
3Cited by15 opinions
- Wood v. FRANK GRAHAM COMPANYCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- Davis v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Griffith v. Federal Land Bank of ColumbiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Williams v. FormanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Gault v. ThurmondSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
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