Crisman v. Corbin

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a decree of the circuit court which dismissed his suit. The decree was entered after a demurrer to the amended complaint had been sustained and the plaintiff had declined to plead further. According to his pleading, the plaintiff is the maker of an overdue, usurious promissory note in the denomination of $9,000, and the defendants are its payees and holders. The payment of the note is secured by a pledge of some corporate stock owned by the plaintiff. The prayer asks that judgment be entered in favor of the state for the amount actually borrowed; that…