11 Mass. 74
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 15, 1814
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1814-03-15
Assumpsit upon a promissory note, dated November 3, 1803. for 100 dollars, made by one Cyrus Whitney, payable to the de fendant, and by him endorsed to the plaintiff..
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Decided 1814-03-15
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1934
4 state decisions
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¶1In this case the two notes form together one usurious contract. The statute avoids them both.
¶2Judgment on the verdict.
¶3 Vide Cro. Jac. 508, Roberts vs. Trenayne.
¶4 Maine Bank vs. Butts, 9 Mass. Rep. 49. — Bridge & Al. vs. Hubbard, 15 Mass Rep. 96.— Wickes vs. Gogerly, 2 Car. & P. 397, 1 R. & M. 123. —Preston vs. Jackson 2 Stark. 237.—Pickering vs. Banks, Forrest, 72.