Case Name: Gersh v. Peacock
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1953-10-24
Citations: 89 Ga. App. 57
Docket Number: 34755
Parties: Gersh v. Peacock.
Judges: Sutton, C. J., and Quillian, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 89
Pages: 57–57

Head Matter:
34755.
Gersh v. Peacock.
Decided October 24, 1953.
John IP. Hudson, Jr., Walter LeCraw, for plaintiff in error.
J. Corbett Peek, Jr., Haas, Hurt & Peek, contra.

Opinion:
Ficlton, J.
1. An amended petition to collect only the principal of notes which provide for interest at a rate of 6% per month is good as against a geneial demurrer where it does not affirmatively appear that the plaintiff was engaged in the small-loan business. Ellis v. Williams, 56 Ga. App. 181, 182 (192 S. E. 491); Craddock v. Woods, 60 Ga. App. 377, 380 (3 S. E. 2d 924).
2. The fact that the violation of the usury laws is made a misdemeanor (Code, Ann., § 57-9901) does not alter or modify the civil law respecting usurious contracts. Code (Ann.) § 57-112; Croom v. Jordan, 20 Ga. App. 802 (2) (93 S. E. 538); Citizens Bank of Rome v. Hoyt & Co., 25 Ga. App. 222 (102 S. E. 837).
The court did not err in overruling the general demurrer to the amended petition.
Judgment affirmed.
Sutton, C. J., and Quillian, J., concur.