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90 Kan. 281

Robbins v. Maddy

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 5, 1913

Supreme Court of Kansas · decided 1913-07-05

<p>HEADNOTE BY THE REPORTER.</p> <p>Usury — When no Defense to Mortgage Foreclosure. A purchaser of land subject to a mortgage can not in a suit to foreclose the mortgage interpose the defense of usury.</p>

Relies on Pritchett v. Mitchell · Tidball v. Schmeltz

Affirmed · Decided 1913-07-05

Per Curiam:

¶1The only question presented upon this appeal is whether the purchaser of land subject to a mortgage may successfully interpose the defense of usury in the notes secured by the mortgage. This question was answered in the negative in Tidball v. Schmeltz, 77 Kan. 440, 94 Pac. 794, following the early case of Pritchett v. Mitchell, 17 Kan. 355.

¶2The appellant requests a reexamination of this question, in the light of an amendment of the statute in the year 1889, after the Pritchett case was decided. The Tidball case was decided long after the amendment. It was not perceived then, nor is it perceived now, how the amendment affected the rule, which appears to be supported by the weight of authority in other jurisdictions. The court is satisfied With its former adjudications.

¶3The judgment sustaining a demurrer to the answer of the purchaser of the mortgaged premises is affirmed.

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