Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Law Times Reports, Vol. 2: A Collection of Leading Cases Decided in the Courts of the United States, and Courts of Last Resort of the Several States; Together With a Digest of Cases of Value Reported in American Legal Periodicals During the Year 1875 The laws of New York im sing penalties for taking usury do not apply to national banks established within e limits of that state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.