Legal Opinion
In Re Fuller
California Supreme Court
Decided April 26, 1940No. Crim. 4276PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdmonds, J.
The constitutionality of legislation known as The Small Loan Act (Stats. 1939, chaps. 953 and 1045) is challenged by the petitioner in this proceeding. He alleges that he has been arrested and detained for violations of these statutes, which were passed at approximately the same time and are substantially identical, and seeks his release upon a writ of habeas corpus.
According to the petitioner, as a broker he negotiated an unsecured loan of $50 in return for a fee of $2.50, and as a lender he made an unsecured loan of his own money in the amount of $50 at a rate of interest of 8 per cent per…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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