Equitable Mortgage Co. v. Watson

The Equitable Mortgage Company sued Mrs. Watson on a promissory note for the sum of $2,472.50 principal, besides interest and attorney’s fees, and prayed for a general judgment and for a special lien upon a certain tract of land whibh it alleged had been conveyed to it as security for the debt.' The defendant filed several pleás, in two of which she alleged that the debt was infected with usury, and, therefore, the security deed was void and the plaintiff was not entitled to the special lien prayed for. Upon a former trial the defendant abandoned all her alleged defenses except that of usury,…