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5 D.C. 515

Smith v. Frye

Decided November 15, 1838

Assumpsit upon the defendant’s note, dated May 17,1836, by which 60 days after date he promised to pay to the order of Richard Smith, cashier, &e., $6,063, for value received, payable at the office of the Bank of the United States, at Washington. This note was given in renewal of a note to the plaintiff dated March 15,1836, which was given in renewal of a note to the plaintiff, due November 17, 1835.

Decided 1838-11-15

¶1*517Which instruction the Court (Thruston, J., absent,) refused to give.

¶2He then prayed the Court to instruct the jury, in effect, that if the plaintiff, as agent of the bank, discounted the note on which suit was brought, he cannot recover.

¶3Which instruction the Court also refused to give.

¶4He then further prayed the Court to instruct the jury, in effect, that if the note in suit was given to the plaintiff as agent of the bank, according to the usage or direction of the bank, in renewal of notes for $56,000, theretofore discounted by the bank, or its branch at Washington, and that the plaintiff has charged and taken from the defendant more than six per cent, interest on the loan, the same is usury and in violation of the charter of the bank, and the plaintiff is not entitled to recover.

¶5But the Couet refused this instruction, also, and the defendant took his bill of exceptions; but has not taken a writ of error.

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