CALL v. PALMER


116 U.S. 98 (1885)

CALL v. PALMER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 14, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Whiting S. Clark and Mr. J. Harry Call for appellant submitted on their brief.

Mr. M.F. Morris for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the language reported above, he continued:

The contention of Call is that the note given to Burnham for Mrs. Davidson was infected with usury in her hands and in the hands of Palmer, her indorsee, and that the note given by Call to Palmer was also usurious, by reason of the retention by Burnham, Ormsby & Co. of the $500 as a bonus for effecting the loan for Call.

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