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319 So. 2d 581

Kellerman v. Siegel

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 7, 1975

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1975-10-07

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently October 1986

1 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“[T]he issue of usury is ordinarily one of fact to be determined at a trial.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Beausejour Corporation Nv v. Offshore Development Company Inc

Relies on 120 So. 2d 212 - American National Growers Corporation v. Harris

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1975-10-07

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PEARSON, Judge.

¶1This is an appeal from a summary final judgment for the defendants in a mortgage foreclosure. The trial judge found “that the plaintiffs willfully and knowingly charged and otherwise exacted interest on the mortgages circumscribed by plaintiff’s amended complaint at a rate exceeding a lawful interest rate per annum . . .” We reverse upon a holding that there appears a genuine issue of material fact.

¶2As stated in American National Growers Corporation v. Harris, Fla.App. 1960, 120 So.2d 212, the issue of usury is ordinarily one of fact to be determined at a trial. This is especially true where, as in the instant case and the cited case, the pleadings, affidavits, admissions and depositions show that the defendant signed notes for sums in excess of those lent him, but where there is a factual dispute as to the purpose for giving the additional notes and as to the extent of the payments made. Accordingly, the summary judgment is reversed.

¶3Reversed.

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