Temple v. Hamilton

Hart, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). Counsel for the defendants seek to defeat any recovery by the plaintiff on the ground of usury. There is no contention between the parties that the plaintiff did not advance to the defendants the sum of $7,520.67 for the’purpose' of making a crop on the lands rented from the plaintiff by the defendants, and that this amount is shown by an itemized statement in the record. The renewal note of $2,860.98, which was dated February 28, 1927, and secured by the crop and mule mortgage executed on the same date, was intended to represent the balance of the…