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148 Wis. 291

Fahringer v. State

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 30, 1912

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1912-01-30

<p> Constitutional law: Usury: Criminal law. </p> <p>Sec. 1691, Stats. (Laws of 1907, ch. 412), relating to usury, is a valid enactment.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1941

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Relies on State ex rel. Ornstine v. Cary

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Affirmed · Decided 1912-01-30

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Kerwin, J.

¶1This is a writ of error to review a judgment of conviction for loaning money at a rate of interest above the legal rate. The plaintiff in error was convicted of the alleged crime of loaning money at usurious rates of interest, and sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and costs of suit and in. default be imprisoned.

¶2The contention of the plaintiff in error is that sec. 1691, Stats. (Laws of 1907, ch. 412), creating the offense of which plaintiff in error was convicted, is unconstitutional and void.. The validity of this law is, as we understand the case, the only question involved upon this appeal. This question was settled by this court against the contention of plaintiff in error-in State ex rel. Ornstine v. Cary, 126 Wis. 135, 105 N. W. 192, and the doctrine underlying that decision reiterated in-later cases in this court. Therefore discussion of the question seems unnecessary.

¶3By.the Court. — The judgment is affirmed.

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