Hallenbeck v. Getz
Supreme Court of Connecticut
ACTION on Gen. Statutes, § 3005, to recover a penalty for the taking by the defendant of unlawful interest on a loan of personal property; brought to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County, and tried to the jury before Qalhoun, J. The court denied a motion to set aside a nonsuit granted., and the plaintiff appealed to this court. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
This is an action brought to recover a forfeiture under sections 3003 and 3005 of the General Statutes. The complaint alleges, in substance, that the defendant was a pawnbroker in the city of Hartford ; that on the 23d day of November, 1889, the plaintiff delivered to the defendant, by way of pledge or pawn for a loan of eight dollars, a double barrelled gun of the value of sixty dollars ; and that the defendant as such pawnbroker took and received from the plaintiff the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for the use of said sum of eight dollars for one month, which sum was more than the…
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