De Valenzuela v. Ross

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

Bill of complaint by the pledgor of a diamond brooch to redeem from the pledgee, claiming that the transaction was usurious and seeking an ascertainment of the amount lawfully due.

The trial court rejected a written showing of the complainant, which was the only evidence in the case, upon the ground that it varied or contradicted the written contract as exhibited by the bill of complaint. In this ruling, the trial court was in error as the evidence, as disclosed by said showing, did not contradict the contract. It merely set out the value of the rental of the room or…