Judgment affirmed, with $50 costs and disbursements.
In the instant matter, the promissory note sued upon evidences a pre-existing debt of appellant to plaintiff. This transaction cannot be viewed as a means of disguising a usurious loan. Since nothing akin to the borrowing or lending of money, goods or things in action (General Obligations Law, § 5-501, subd 1; § 5-511, subd 1) is involved, the prohibition and forfeiture provisions of the usury laws are...
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