Puckett v. Fore

Citations

• 77 Miss. 391

Syllabus

<p>1. Privilege Taxes. Code 1880, § 589. Code 1893, ? 3401. Contracts. Renewals.</p> <p>A note given for a debt contracted in the course of a business liable to a privilege tax, is void (under § 589, code 1880, and § 3401, code 1892, so providing) if the tax be unpaid; and any and all renewals of the debt are void.</p> <p>2. Replevin. Deed of trust. Illegality. Usury.</p> <p>In an action of replevin by the trustee in a deed of trust given to secure a recited debt, the defendant may show illegality in- a part of the debt and usury in other parts, and is entitled to an appropriation of payments to the valid part of the debt.</p>