Volker v. First National Bank

This is an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant in the district court of Johnson county to recover the penalty for exacting usurious interest. There are fifteen counts in the petition, the transactions extending from 1884 to 1886, and the ¿mount claimed to be due being $3,195.

The defendant in his answer: First, denies the facts stated in the petition; and second, pleads the statute of limitations as to 'the first, second, third, and fourth, counts of the petition. On the trial of the cause the jury returned a verdict for $16.60 in favor of the plaintiff. The plaintiff filed a…