France v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. Charles H. Bishop, Judge. Action to recover the amount due on two promissory notes. There was a trial to the court, without the intervention of a jury, and a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants appeal. —
1Opinion of the CourtBobinson, C. J.
— The notes in suit were made by the defendants on the fifteenth day of February, 1890, in favor of the plaintiff, were payable on the twenty-second day of March, 1890, and bear interest at the *553rate of ten per cent, per annum, payable semiannually. One was given for tbe sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars, and the other for the sum of one hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents. The defendants claim that the notes are usurious. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount of the notes.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. Cass County BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892