Richards v. Bippus
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, entered upon the verdict of a jury directed by the court, in an action upon a promissory note.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, entered upon the verdict of a jury directed by the court, in an action upon a promissory note. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: This action was begun by Eunice C. Bippus, as plaintiff, in the Supreme Court of the District, to recover upon a note for $350 executed by Charles S. Bichards, September 6, 1894, and payable six months after date to the order of said Eunice C. Bippus, with interest at 10 per cent, per annum. Credits to the amount of $35 were admitted. In…
1Opinion
On June 7, 1901, the motion for a rehearing was denied,
Mr. Justice Shepard
delivering the opinion of the Court:
The motion for rehearing questions the correctness of the conclusion that only a part of the interest upon the principal sum shall be forfeited on account of usury, and asks for a further modification of the judgment rendered, in that respect. In stating that conclusion, a bare reference was made to the statutes in force in the District regulating the receipt of interest upon and without contract and the practice of -assessing the same in an action, as inducing the view that the…
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