Hunt v. Household Finance Corp.

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Household Finance sued Anne Hunt for $1,273.95.as the balance due on a promissory note in the total amount of $1,944 including interest and charges, which was executed in and governed by South Carolina law. Hunt answered and counterclaimed on the basis that the note was usurious and she "is entitled to all penalties as to a usurious transaction, together with punitive damages, attorney fees and costs.” On January 9,1976, plaintiff (apparently after receiving a compromise settlement from the defendant) dismissed the complaint with prejudice. On February 9, however, it was…