Newton v. Woodley

Citations

• 55 S.C. 132
• 32 S.E. 531
• 1899 S.C. LEXIS 75

Syllabus

<p>1. Usury — Interest.—A contract providing for payment of eight per cent, interest in advance, and when not so paid to draw interest until paid at same rate, is not usurious. Divided Court.</p> <p>2. Court en banc. — Upon other than constitutional questions, the Court en banc can not be called together except upon request of two of the Justices of the Supreme Court.</p> <p>3. Rehearing. — Questions of public importance, and of the construction of written contracts, are not sufficient to modify the well established rule as to petitions for rehearings.</p> <p>4. Rehearing refused.</p>