Illinois Supreme Court April 23, 1908 (Clemens v. Crane)

Mr. Justice Vicicers

delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole question in this case is whether the contract between appellee and appellant’s intestate is usurious.

Usury is defined to be an illegal profit required and received by a lender of a sum of money from the borrower. (Blackstone, 156; Bouvier’s Law Diet.