Spencer v. Chrisman

Suit upon notes and the mortgage by which they were secured. . The cause was thrice tried below, with an improvement in point of accuracy at each succeeding trial, till the last, which reached perfection.

B. A. Ohandler, for appellant. J. H. Brown, and J. Parity for appellee.

The notes were ante-dated, and this raised a point of some trouble, in the minds of a part of the counsel, as to whether that fact did not render the notes usurious.

The payee of the notes and mortgage had, while still holding them, given a due bill for a small amount to the payer, and this raised a troublesome question…