7 F. 805 | U.S. Cir. Ct. | 1881
Where a contract for the loan of money and an agreement for insurance upon the life of the borrower are blended together in one and the same transaction, and the proof shows that the policy of insurance was taken and a premium paid in advance in consideration of the loan, and that such consideration was over and above the interest allowed by-law, the transaction is usurious. Ins. Co. v. Kittle, 1 McCrary, 234.
We have, therefore, only to consider whether the proof in this case shows that the policy of insurance upon the life of the respondent was required as a condition precedent to the loan and constituted an additional consideration therefor. This question must, in view of the evidence, he answered in the affirmative. It seems that the proposition was distinctly made to the respondent that if he would apply for a $10,000 life policy the company would loan him $2,000, and the
S. C. 2 Fed. Rep. 113.