Smith v. Schlein

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

The statement of facts in the complaint, which for the purpose of this appeal must be taken as true, is substantially as follows : Defendants loaned plaintiff $400. As a cloak to hide usurious interest they took a note from plaintiff in the sum of $750, with interest at six per cent, secured by a trust deed on plaintiff’s real property in Maryland. After the plaintiff had repaid $150 the defendants began foreclosure proceedings in Maryland. In order to obtain title to plaintiff’s property defendants fraudulently represented to her that if she would not oppose…