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EVANS v. NATIONAL BANK OF SAVANNAH

No. 67.

251 U.S. 108 (1919)

EVANS, SOLE SURVIVING RECEIVER OF THE CITIZENS & SCREVEN COUNTY BANK, v. NATIONAL BANK OF SAVANNAH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick T. Saussy for petitioner.

Mr. Edward S. Elliott, with whom Mr. Jacob Gazan was on the briefs, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

The court below rightly construed the pleadings as presenting only one substantial federal question: — Did respondent subject itself to the penalties prescribed for taking usury by discounting short-time notes in the ordinary course of business and charging therefor at the rate of eight per centum per annum in advance? And we think it correctly answered that...

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