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58Zeigler v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, 245 I11. 180, 91 N. B. 1041, 28 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1112, 19 Ann. Cas. 127. And see Fjone v. Fjone, 16 N. D. 100, 112 N. W. 70. See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 96; Cent. Dig. §§ 441, 1169.
60 Norton v. Norton, 74 Iowa, 161, 37 N. W. 129; Tracey v. Sacket, 1 Ohio St 54, 58, 59 Am. Dee. 610; Rider v. Miller, 86 N. Y. 507; Morton's Adm'r v. Morton (N. J. Ch.) 8 Atl. 807; Oakey v. Ritchie, 69 Iowa, 69, 28 N. W. 448; Allore v. Jewell, 94 U. S. 506, 24 L. Ed. 260; Griffith v. Godey, 113 U. S. 89, 5 Sup. Ct 383, 28 L. Ed. 934; Fishburne v. Ferguson's Heirs, 84 Va. 87, 4 S. E. 575; Moore v. Moore, 56 Cal. 89; Rippy v. Grant, 39 N. C. 443; Churchill v. Scott, 65 Mich. 485, 32 N. W. 737; Zeigler v. Shuler, 87 S. C. 1, 68 S. E. 817; Foote v. De Poy, 126 Iowa, 366, 102 N. W. 112, 68 L. R. A. 302, 106 Am. St. Rep. 365 (mental weakness from age); Miller v. Sterringer, 66 W. Va. 169, 66 S. E. 228, 25 L. R. A. (N. S.) 596 (mental weakness from liquor furnished by other party). See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) ( 96; Cent. Dig. §§ 441, 1169.
61 Selden v. Myers, 20 How. 506, 15 L. Ed. 976. See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 96, 99; Cent. Dig. §§ 441, 448, 1169.
62 Moore v. Moore. 81 Cal. 195, 22 Pae. 5S9, 874; Wooley v. Drew, 49 Mich. 290, 13 N. W. 594; McCants v. Bee, 1 McCord, Eq. (S. C.) 383, 16 Am. Dec. 610. See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 96, 99; Cent. Dig. §§ 441, 448, 1169.
63 Chesterfield v. Jansen, 2 Ves. 125; 1 White & T. Lead. Cas. Eq. 428; Jenkins v. rye, 12 Pet. 241, 9 L. Ed. 1070. See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 96; Cent. Dig. §§ 441, 1169; "Cancellation of Instruments," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 45, 47; Cent. Dig. §§ 100-108.
64Aylesford v. Morris, 8 Ch. 484; Anson, Cont. (4th Ed.) 169. And see cases cited in note 66, infra. The mere fact, however, that exorbitant interest is charged does not show that the contract is unconscionable. Whittier v. Collins, 15 R. I. 44, 23 Atl. 39. Where there is no actual fraud, and no fiduciary relation between the purchaser of a reversionary interest and his vendor, mere inadequacy of consideration is not sufficient to avoid the sale unless it is so great as to shock the moral sense. Mayo's Es'r v. Carrington'a Ex'r, 19 Grat. (Va.) 74; Cribbins v. Markwood, 13 Grat (Va.) 495, 67 Am. Dec. 775. And see Parmelee v. Cameron, 41 N. Y. 392; Davidson v. Little, 22 Pa. 245, 60 Am. Dec. 81. See "Contracts" Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 96; Cent. Dig. §§ 441, 1169; "Reversions," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 7; Cent. Dig. § 7.
65 O'Rorke v. Bolingbroke, 3 App. Cas. 823. See "Contracts," Dec Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 96, 99; Cent. Dig. §§ 441, 448, 1169.

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