Case Name: Giovanni Clamente, Respondent, v. Michele Valente and Others, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1932-11
Citations: 236 A.D. 850
Docket Number: 
Parties: Giovanni Clamente, Respondent, v. Michele Valente and Others, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 236
Pages: 850–851

Head Matter:
Giovanni Clamente, Respondent, v. Michele Valente and Others, Appellants, Impleaded with Others, Defendants.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed on the law and new trial granted, costs to appellants to abide the event, upon the ground that it was error to exclude the conversation preceding the making of the mortgage in support of the defense of usury. (Houghton v. Burden, 228 U. S. 161, 169; Mudgett v. Goler, 18 Hun, 302; Von Haus v. Soule, 146 App. Div. 731, 734; Orvis v. Curtiss, 157 N. Y. 657, 660; Austin v. Fuller, 12 Barb. 360, 363.) Lazansky, P. J., Young, Kapper, Scudder and Tompkins, JJ., concur.