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· 11/28/1904

Citizens' Nat. Bank of Kansas City v. Donnell

Citations

  • 195 U.S. 369
  • 25 S. Ct. 49
  • 49 L. Ed. 238
  • 1904 U.S. LEXIS 726

Syllabus

<p>Under §§ 5197, 5198, U. S. Rev. Stat., a national bank which compounds interest in a manner prohibited by the State .forfeits all interest even thoiigh the total interest amounts to less than the maximum rate permitted by the State.</p> <p>A national bank, met in an action by the plea of usury, may not avoid the forfeiture of all interest by then declaring an election to remit the excessive interest.</p>

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • dismissing bank’s argument that 12% charge on overdrafts did not violate state law setting 8% ceiling on interest rates because, inter alia, the overdraft charge \was a penalty because of a failure to pay a debt when due\
  • NBA follows state law and prohibits compounding of interest where that is prohibited by the state in which the bank is located
  • charges for failure to pay a promissory note when due
  • closing costs charged on real estate loans

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Judges: Holmes

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