Star Amusement, Inc. v. Strini

GAUDIN, Judge.

Plaintiff Star Amusement, Inc., filed suit against defendant Eleanor Strini on a promissory note secured by a chattel mortgage on barroom equipment. In response, Mrs. Strini alleged that the interest on the note was usurious and, further, that Star and a third party defendant, Harry Duvig-neaud, had perpetrated a conversion of her property.

The trial court found:.(1) That interest on the note was usurious and that all interest had to be forfeited, and(2) That a conversion had occurred, necessitating an award of $10,000.00 in damages to Mrs. Strini, payable by Star.

Star appealed,…