Lynch v. Merchants National Bank of West Virginia

Snyder, Judge :

This is an action of assumpsit brought by James Lynch, on April 28, 1881, in the circuit court of Harrison county against the Merchants National Bank of W. Va. at Clarks-burg to recover fifteen thousand dollars, the penalty for usurious interest alleged to have been paid by the plaintiff to, and received by, the defendant between January 1, 1865, and January 1, 1881, on certain loans effected by the plaintiff from the defendant and by renewals from time to time continued during the said period. The defendant demurred to the plaintiff’s declaration and the court overruled said…