Supreme Court of Arkansas June 13, 1891 (May v. Flint)

Hemingway, J.

Usury — Bro’ker’s cotnmis•sion. The appellant relies upon a plea of usury to defeat a mortgage. It is not claimed that the lender directly received or contracted to receive excessive interest'; but a commission was received by an intermediary, and this, it is contended, made the loan usurious. The question then is, Was the commission paid a part of the interest?