Usury as a Defense

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Commercial Instruments and Transactions
4. Interest Rates Generally
5. Usury as a Defense

1. A defendant sued for money may avoid the excess over lawful interest by pleading usury, setting forth the amount of such excess.
2. In order to sustain a defense of usury, the burden is on the party claiming usury.

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