Supreme Court of Georgia, 1928

McGehee v. Petree

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided January 12, 1928 · No. 6177 · Hines

165 Ga. 492; 141 S.E. 206; 1928 Ga. LEXIS 18

Cases that cite this one

6 later published cases cite this decision.

Glinton v. AND R, INC. (Ga. 1999)
Aikens v. Wagner (Ga. Ct. App. 1998)
West v. Dorsey (Ga. 1982)
Pickens Investment Co. v. Jones (Ga. Ct. App. 1950)
Adamson v. Lilienthal (Ga. Ct. App. 1948)
Mell v. State (Ga. Ct. App. 1943)

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Opinion of the Court

Hines, J.

1. It is tlie policy of the laws of this State to inhibit the taking of usury under every and any pretense or contrivance whatsoever. Civil Code (1910), § 3427; Troutman v. Barnett, 9 Ga. 30, 35.

2. The evidence demanded a verdict finding in favor of the plaintiff, that the transaction involved was usurious.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur. T. J. Ripley, for plaintiff.

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