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  "name": "John S. Woodruff, Appellant, v. Mary Jordan et al., Appellees",
  "name_abbreviation": "Woodruff v. Jordan",
  "decision_date": "1913-10-13",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 17,957",
  "first_page": "217",
  "last_page": "218",
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "John S. Woodruff, Appellant, v. Mary Jordan et al., Appellees."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Baker\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "David O. Dunbar, for appellant.",
      "Chauncey M. Millar, for appellees."
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    "head_matter": "John S. Woodruff, Appellant, v. Mary Jordan et al., Appellees.\nGen. No. 17,957.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Wuxiam Fenimore Cooper, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1911.\nReversed and remanded with directions.\nOpinion filed October 13, 1913.\nStatement of the Case.\nBill in equity by John S. Woodruff to foreclose a trust deed in the nature of a mortgage made by Mary Jordan. From a decree dismissing the bill because of usury, complainant appeals.\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Ustjby, \u00a7 1 \u2014what constitutes. On a bill to foreclose a mortgage where the mortgagor contended that the notes secured were given for usury, held that the evidence did not show that the mortgagee had any knowledge of the mortgagor\u2019s previous transactions with the firm of loan brokers who procured the loan, and that the transaction was not usurious.\n2. Usury, \u00a7 15*\u2014when loan broker may charge commissions. Evidence held to show that certain persons were not general agents of a lender of money, but were brokers engaged in loaning money, and that they were entitled to receive a commission from the borrower without rendering the transaction usurious.\nDavid O. Dunbar, for appellant.\nChauncey M. Millar, for appellees.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XTV, same topic and section number."
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