Court Opinion

ID: 9551180
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:48:55.053955+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:23:13.729174
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PARKER, Chief Justice
(concurring in the result).
I agree that the judgment of the trial court cannot stand. However, I do not reach a consideration of the principle upon which Judge Nclntyre would base his decision. Instead I find a total lack of proof that usury existed in this instance. It is elementary that usury will not be presumed and the burden is upon the party asserting usury to prove that it exists. Anderson v. Curls, Mo.App., 309 S.W.2d 692, 696; Hansen v. Commonwealth Company, Neb., 115 N.W.2d 895, 901; 91 C.J.S. Usury § 114; 45 Am.Jur.2d Interest and Usury § 350.