Fisher v. Bethesda Discount Corp.

Plaintiffs-appellants, who were improperly charged $2.68 by the appellee, a company doing business under the Maryland Industrial Finance Daw, Code (1957), Article 11, Sections 163-205, seek to have their entire loan of $800 declared void and uncollectible. Whether or not they are entitled to this relief depends upon the answer to this question: Was the collection of the confessedly improper delinquent charge by the appellee the “result of an accidental or bona fide error of computation” within the meaning of Section 196 (C), of said Article 11?

The loan was effected by the execution of a…