Stansbury v. Bright

Woods, Judge:

The principal object of this suit, so far as the present appeal is concerned, was to require the Bank of Mount Hope to account to plaintiff and the C. M. Lilly estate for certain usury alleged to have been charged on a loan to plaintiff and C. M. Lilly in the sum of $15,000.00, as evidenced by their joint promissory note; and for the face value of a $15,000.00 note of Williams-Combs Coal Company, as maker. This latter note, which was secured by a deed of trust, was placed with defendant bank as collateral. The plaintiff contended that the collateral note, now considered…