Greever v. Persky

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This suit seeks a recovery for the alleged payment of usurious interest. The suit is brought by Goldie Persky, as guardian of I. B. Persky, a person of unsound mind.

In 1936, I. B. Persky was a dealer in oil field equipment. Defendant Greever was in the insurance business. Both lived in Wichita Falls and had known each other for a long time. Greever, the only witness testifying in the case, testified in substance as follows:

Persky approached Greever in the latter part of 1936, stating that he was doing a large volume of business, that he had exhausted his credit at the…