Hart v. Steele

This action was brought by a sister to collect from her brother a balance claimed to be due on money loaned. The trial of the cause to the court, sitting without a jury, resulted in findings favorable to the plaintiff, and from judgment entered in consonance therewith, the defendant has appealed.

Respondent alleged that, by seven checks during 1925 and 1926, she loaned and advanced to the appellant an aggregate of $3,225, which the appellant promised to repay'on demand, together with interest on the loans at the rate of twelve per cent per annum; that the balance due on account of the loans…