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4 How. Pr. 216

Grant v. McCaughin

New York Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1850

New York Supreme Court · decided 1850-01-15

In this case Mr. C. L. Austin moved to set aside a judgment and showed that the defendant had a good defence on the merits and that judgment had been entered in consequence of a misapprehension as to the effect of a stipulation that had been given to him extending the time to answer.

Decided 1850-01-15

¶1Parker, Justice, allowed the defendant to answer, on paying to the plaintiff $3.50, (being one-half the sum allowed by the code for the services of his attorney in prosecuting the action to judgment,) together with the disbursements included in the judgment and incurred on the execution, and also $10 for his costs of resisting the motion.

¶2But he refused to impose any condition as to the nature of the defence. He said so long as the statute made the taking of usury a defence, it was entitled to be treated like every other legal defence, and he would make no discrimination in imposing terms. One of the defendants being insolvent, the judgment was directed to stand as security.

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