Hansen v. Storm

This is a motion by defendants to sever the action in respect of each of the plaintiffs, to permit defendants to interpose against plaintiff Hansen a supplemental counterclaim and to direct plaintiff Hansen to reply to such counterclaim.

The suit is to declare void for usury certain negotiable promissory notes made by plaintiffs to the order of defendants’ testatrix. The present answer denies usury, counterclaims for an unpaid balance of principal, and alleges as affirmative defenses that the notes were given as collateral security for an advance to a third person, and estoppel. The proposed…