Earll v. Searl

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This case commenced as an action by Earll for the balance of a $2,000 note given by the Searls to Earll as a commission for securing an $18,000 loan from Mrs. Earll. On a prior .appeal we reversed a judgment in Earll’s favor. We held that the taking of a $2,000 commission by Earll with the knowledge of his wife, for whom he acted as agent, plus the charging of six per cent interest on the loan, constituted usury. Searl v. Earll, D.C.Mun.App., 62 A.2d 374. We sent the case back for a new trial on the issue of what amount, if any, was recoverable by the Searls on their…