Bailey v. Benton

JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

| Appellant Linda Howell Bailey, as trustee of the M. David Howell Family Trust, brings this appeal from the order of the Crittenden County Circuit Court granting a summary judgment dismissing her counterclaim that charged appellees1 with usury. The dismissal came | aafter appellees had taken a nonsuit of their complaint against appellant. We affirm the circuit court.

Background

Appellee William B. Benton and approximately forty other investors (hereinafter referred to, collectively, as appellees or the investors) “loaned” money to David Howell, a self-described…