Legal Opinion

Scott v. Austin

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 1, 1887PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment of the district court for Swift ■county, entered on the report of C. L. Brown, Esq., referee.

1Opinion of the Court

The following is the opinion on the original hearing of the cause:

Dickinson, J.

The plaintiff Alonzo C. Scott, for a usurious consideration, made to one Hayes his negotiable promissory notes, and secured the same by a mortgage upon his real estate. The defend.ant purchased the notes and mortgage before maturity, in good faith, and without notice of the usury. The defendant afterwards, And after he had received notice of the usury, having sold the mort*461gaged premises under the power of sale contained in the mortgage, the defendant himself being the purchaser, this action was brought to avoid the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Campbell & Jones v. MurraySupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
  2. Oster v. MickleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
  3. Lewis v. BuckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1862
  4. Coolbaugh v. RoemerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
  5. Blumenthal v. JassoySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust Co. v. KrumseigSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. Midland Loan Finance Co. v. LorentzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
  3. Missouri, K. & T. Trust Co. v. KrumseigCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
  4. Patterson v. WymanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
  5. Trauernicht v. KingstonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923

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