(DOWNLOAD) "Busk V. Hoard" by Supreme Court of Washington # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Busk V. Hoard
Author : Supreme Court of Washington
Release Date : January 29, 1964
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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Usury has long been recognized as a social and economic evil affecting not only the parties to the transaction but society in general. Being widely regarded thus and condemned by law as well, it is frequently hidden by legalistic devices and cloaked in dissimulation. When, therefore, usury is claimed as a defense, the courts must, after looking beneath the surface of a transaction, examine it in all its ramifications to see if the defense is valid. In this suit to foreclose a real-estate mortgage, the answer sets up usury as a defense, but the basic problem is one of agency.