Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-14-110 (2026)
Usury as a defense
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) A defendant sued for money may avoid the excess over lawful interest by pleading usury, setting forth the amount of such excess.
- (b) In order to sustain a defense of usury, the burden is on the party claiming usury.
Acts 1979, ch. 203, § 9.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1964–1999 · leading case: Johnson v. Tennessee Farmers Mut. Ins. Co., 556 S.W.2d 750 (Tenn. 1977).
Johnson v. Tennessee Farmers Mut. Ins. Co., 556 S.W.2d 750 (Tenn. 1977). “T.C.A. § 47-14-110. Judgment will be entered in this Court accordingly, and all costs on appeal will be equally divided between the parties.”
Hathaway v. First Fam. Fin. Servs., Inc., 1 S.W.3d 634 (Tenn. 1999). “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 47-14-110, -111 (1995 Repl.”
Metro. Dev. & Hous. Agency v. South Cent. Bell Tel. Co., 562 S.W.2d 438 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1977). “NES’s rights to interest from the date of judgment in accordance with T.C.A. § 47-14-110, of course, are unaffected by this holding.”
Watkins v. Valley Fid. Bank & Trust Co., 474 S.W.2d 915 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1971). “T.C.A. § 47-14-110. Both defendants argue the appellant failed to comply with the Rules of this Court regarding the filing of assignments of error.”
Pac. E. Corp. v. Gulf Life Holding Co. (In Re Pac. E. Corp.), 223 B.R. 523 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1998). “Even if the court’s ruling on laches were not dispositive, the plaintiffs have failed to carry their burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that this was a disguised usurious transaction. III Disguised Usurious Transaction The plaintiffs have the burden of showing…”
Sullivan Cnty. v. Pope, 448 S.W.2d 666 (Tenn. 1969). “Defendant’s next contention is that since petitioner elected to sue the defendant for damages in the ordinary way rather than petitioning for a jury of inquest as provided by T.”
Spence v. Cocke Cnty., 457 S.W.2d 270 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1969). “Section 47-14-110. The costs will be taxed to defendant Cocke County, Tennessee.”
Britt v. Fid. & Cas. Co., 235 F. Supp. 150 (E.D. Tenn. 1964). “section 47-14-110); Nunnellee v. Morton (1811), 3 Tenn.”
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