Motes v. People's Building & Loan Ass'n
Motes v. People's Building & Loan Ass'n
Opinion of the Court
The bill in this case is one by a borrowing stockholder from a building and loan association, of which he was a member, and seeks to enjoin the foreclosure proceedings by the association under the mortgage, which was given to secure the loan. The bill as amended admits that the complainant obtained the loan and received the amount evidenced by the mortgage contract, except a -small fee for recording and .abstract of title, that was deducted from the amount of
The bill as amended alleges that more than 8 per eent-um interest per annum Avas charged on the loan, yet the contract of loan set out in the bill shows on its face, that the rate of interest Avas fixed at 6 per ecntum per annum. The monthly installments AAdiich included the interest., also included the monthly dues on the complainant’s stock, which the contract required to be paid. The stock contract and loan contract are separate and distinct. The premiums and monthly dues on the stock are not to be confused Avith the interest on the loan. The bill fails to- shoAv any failure on the part of the association to comply Avith its bv-la.Avs and rules, or to shew a. Adulation of any statute, in making the loan. Upon the question of usury, the case of Internstate B. & L. Association v. Brown, 128 Ala. 462, is conclusive of this ca.se.
As to the allegations in the bill respecting represen
After the complainant has defaulted in his contract as a stockholder and member in the association, the association. is no longer under any duty to mature his stock. As to the suggestion that the respondent, has gone out of business as a building and loan association, this furnishes no defense against the payment of the loan made to the complainant. The bill, we think, is wholly wanting in equity, and the decree of the chancellor dismissing the same, will he affirmed.
Affirmed.
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