Supreme Court of Georgia, 1896

Bosworth v. Sumter Real Estate Co.

Bosworth v. Sumter Real Estate Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided November 30, 1896 · Lumpkin
100 Ga. 60; 28 S.E. 154; 1896 Ga. LEXIS 535

Bosworth v. Sumter Real Estate Co.

Opinion of the Court

Lumpkin, J.

The essence of the building and loan association, principle is mutual participation in the profits and losses on terms of perfect equality, each member having, under the same conditions, the rights and obligations of every other member. This principle was exemplified and carried out in the transaction involved in the present case, and it follows as a consequence that the debt in question was not usurious.

Judgment affirmed.

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