Mercer & Co. v. Port

The defendant in error, F. P. Port, as plaintiff, filed an action in the court of common pleas of Oklahoma county against the plaintiffs in error, Mercer & Company and J. C. Lindsey, as defendants, seeking the recovery of usurious interest, penalties, and attorneys’ fee. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and defendants appeal. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the court below.

A brief summary of the facts as disclosed by the record follows:

The plaintiff testified that in August, 1932, he borrowed from the defendants $20 for a period of 15 days and paid $2…