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  "id": 2602191,
  "name": "David Ford v. George C. Hixon",
  "name_abbreviation": "Ford v. Hixon",
  "decision_date": "1868-09",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill.",
    "id": 8772,
    "name": "Illinois Supreme Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
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    "parties": [
      "David Ford v. George C. Hixon."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Lawrence\ndelivered the opinion of the Court:\nThe judgment must be reversed in this case, because it is for too large a sum. The jury evidently allowed interest at the rate of ten per cent, on the money borrowed. For this there was no warrant, as there had been no contract in regard to the rate of interest, and in such cases the legal rate is six per cent.\nThe judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded-\nJudgment reversed.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Lawrence"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Mr. A. C. Story, for the plaintiff in error.",
      "Messrs. Hurd, Booth & Kreamer, for the defendant in error."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "David Ford v. George C. Hixon.\n1. Interest\u2014where no rate agreed upon. In a contract for the payment of money, where no rate of interest is agreed upon, the legal rate is six per cent.\n2. Same\u2014recovery of-\u2014no rate agreed upon. And in an action upon such contract, it is error to render a judgment allowing a greater rate of interest.\nWrit of Error to the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.\nThis was an action of assumpsit, brought by the defendant in error, against the plaintiff in error, in the Superior Court of Chicago, to recover the sum of five hundred dollars. The cause was tried before the court and a jury, and a verdict found for the plaintiff below for $535.25. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment rendered on the verdict, to' reverse which, the case is brought to this court by writ of error.\nMr. A. C. Story, for the plaintiff in error.\nMessrs. Hurd, Booth & Kreamer, for the defendant in error."
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