Greco v. Gentile

EPHRAIM HANSON, Justice.

This action was brought to recover $400 which plaintiff claims he loaned to the defendant. Defendant denied the loan. The parties are foreigners, understand and speak the English language poorly, and are evidently illiterate and superstitious. Plaintiff, to substantiate his case, introduced evidence to the effect that in April, 1929, defendant requested a loan from him of $400 and agreed to pay the same within three or four months; that he had demanded that the defendant repay the loan, but defendant had refused. The evidence for the defendant shows that defendant’s…