Legal Opinion

Winson v. Sullivan

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 17, 1911No. 5276Published

Appeal from the Civil District Court, Division “B.”

1Opinion of the CourtDufour, J.

The defendant urges as a defense to this suit on two promissory notes that the payment of usurious interest made by him exceed the amount of the notes, and he asks for judgment for such excess under Act 68 of 1908, -which allows such usurious interest to be recovered within two years from the time of its payment.

It is shown by defendant, who was evidently believed by the trial judge, that the interest or discount charged When a new note wiais given for a maturing one was never capitalized or included in the note but was paid in cash.

This fact brings the ease within the doctrine of Chadwick…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Huntington v. WesterfieldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  2. Succession of BurguieresSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900

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