CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. FISHER

No. 63-563.

165 So.2d 182 (1964)

The CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Alice B. FISHER, otherwise known as Alice Bridgman, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Frederick T. Fisher, deceased, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Simmons & Dunwody, W.O. Mehrtens, Ward & Ward, Miami, for appellant.

Fuller Warren, Miami, and Thomas Hart Fisher, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before CARROLL, HORTON and HENDRY, JJ.


CARROLL, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant below from a summary judgment entered in an equity suit brought by a borrower against a lender. The challenged decree held that a promissory note which provided for payment of interest prior to maturity or default at the rate of 5 1/2% per annum, was rendered usurious under ch. 687, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., by the inclusion of a provision for payment of interest at the rate of 10% per annum on past due principal and interest...

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