W. C. Belcher Land-Mortgage Co. v. Norris

SPEER, Associate Justice.

The appellant sued one Taylor on certain notes for borrowed money, and sought to foreclose a lien upon land belonging to appellee, to which end appellee was made a party. Taylor ' made no defense, and judgment was properly rendered against, him. Appellee answered by interposing, among other things, the defense that the transaction between appellant and Taylor was usurious, and asked for appropriate relief. Appellant pleaded a former judgment establishing the validity of its mortgage lien as against appellee. The court found in favor of appellee upon his plea of usury,…