Cowles v. Zlaket

Plaintiff and respondent W. W. Cowles, as trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of A. G. Eldred and Company, a copartnership consisting of Arthur Gordon Eldred and Genevieve 1. Eldred, bankrupt, and Arthur G. Eldred, an individual, a bankrupt, brought this action against Joseph K. Zlaket, doing business as Cal-Properties, to recover $17,889.51 claimed due under alleged usurious transactions.

The complaint is long but the allegations are more or less simple. It sets out 16 separate causes of action. Each is essentially based on very similar facts and circumstances. All of the transactions…