Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The promissory note sued upon was executed by the defendants in connection with their purchase of the plaintiff's business. Therefore, the transaction was neither a loan nor a forbearance (see, General Obligations Law § 5-501) but was in the nature of a purchase-money mortgage which is not subject to the usury laws (see, Szerdahelyi v Harris,
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