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69 Ark. 612

Clarke v. Taylor

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 2, 1901

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1901-11-02

Leland Leatherman, Chancellor. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The plaintiff alleged that the American Building & Loan Association was incorporated as a mutual building and loan association in 1887 under and virtue of the laws of the state of Minnesota, having its office and principal place of business in the state of Minnesota.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1928

2 state decisions

Relies on Bank of Harrison v. Gibson · Hale v. Phillips

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Decided 1901-11-02

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Hughes., J.,

¶1(after stating the facts). The questions involved in this ease, except the question as to the rate of interest, seem to have been determined in the recent case of Hale v. Phillips, 68 Ark. 382. As to the defenses of ultra vires and usury pleaded in this ease, the decree was adverse to the defendant, and there were no exceptions and no cross-appeal in the ease. These questions are therefore not presented here.

¶2As to the rate of interest, the court is of the opinion that it is seven per cent., instead of six per cent., as found by the ehanr cellor, because the contract is a Minnesota contract, made and to be performed in Minnesota. The place of payment controls the rate of interest. Bank of Harrison v. Gibson, 60 Ark. 269. The • rate of interest, according to the law of Minnesota, is seven per cent, Besides, in this case it seems equitable that the rate of interest should be uniform between the stockholders; as there were stockholders in thirty-five different states, mortgages in twenty-nine states, and real estate in nineteen states. The rates of interest are not the same in alb the states, and that the rate may be equal a« to all, it should be uniform, and ought therefore to be the rate of the state where the payments are to be made.

¶3Let the interest be calculated in accordance herewith, and the mortgage foreclosed.

¶4Reversed and remanded.

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