Legal Opinion

McGehee v. Petree

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 12, 1928No. 6177PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.

1. It is tlie policy of the laws of this State to inhibit the taking of usury under every and any pretense or contrivance whatsoever. Civil Code (1910), § 3427; Troutman v. Barnett, 9 Ga. 30, 35.

2. The evidence demanded a verdict finding in favor of the plaintiff, that the transaction involved was usurious.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur. T. J. Ripley, for plaintiff.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Troutman v. BarnettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1850

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
  2. West v. DorseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Aikens v. WagnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Pickens Investment Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
  5. Adamson v. LilienthalCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948

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