Richeson v. Wood

This is an action originally instituted in the Civil Justice Court of the city of Richmond by Ben Wood against H. T. Richeson, Frank S. Richeson and Robert C. Bayliss, partners doing business as H. T. Richeson and Company. Judgment was there rendered against the defendants, who then appealed to the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond. The action was brought to recover $460.00, which Wood alleges he paid to the defendants under a contract which was a usurious consideration for a loan of $7,000.00 made to him by them. Upon the trial in the Law and Equity Court, judgment was rendered…