Gordon v. Slate

This was an action brought by S. N. Slate, defendant in error, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Abe Gordon, plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to' as defendant, for the recovery of the sum of $390, plus reasonable attorney fees, as double the amount of interest paid on an alleged usurious loan.

The petition, by sufficient and appropriate pleading, alleged a usurious transaction by which the plaintiff borrowed from the defendant the sum of $300, on October 8, 1927, and repaid it on December 17, 1928, together with an aggregate of $195, as interest on the loan for the period.…