VOSBEIN v. LEOPOLD

No. 42419.

87 So.2d 715 (1956)

230 La. 21

Henry C. VOSBEIN v. Walter Joseph LEOPOLD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Monk Zelden, Max Zelden, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Weiss & Weiss, S. Paul Weiss, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.


PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiff is seeking to recover on two negotiable promissory notes, one dated March 19, 1953, calling for $4,200, and the other dated January 7, 1954, for the sum of $1,943, interest and attorney's fees. The defense to the suit is that the notes are void for lack of lawful consideration because they represent a large sum of usurious interest imposed on a prior obligation. On trial the lower court gave...

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