Sullivan v. Securities Investment Co. of Saint Louis

DAVISON, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an action in the nature of an action for debt to recover twice the amount of the entire usurious interest paid by plaintiffs in error, C. R. Sullivan and his wife Betty K. Sullivan, plaintiffs in the trial court, to defendant in error, Securities Investment Company of St. Louis, a defendant in the trial court. Other defendants in the trial court were Howard E. Turrell and Noble C. Hood, Trustee in Bankruptcy for C. R. Sullivan, neither of whom are parties to this appeal. Trial court designations will be used.

The jury returned a unanimous verdict for the…