Bistline v. Eberle

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff and the defendants Eberles are practicing attorneys, duly admitted to practice in Idaho.

In 1955 defendant Whitman, a Washington resident, loaned Mr. and Mrs. Green, Idaho residents, a certain sum of money. This loan was evidenced by a note and secured by a mortgage on the Greens’ Idaho real estate. In January of 1956 plaintiff, as attorney for the Greens, informed Mrs. Whitman that the note was usurious hy Idaho law and that he had advised the Greens to make no further payments. Being advised of the plaintiff’s claim, Mrs. Whitman’s Washington attorneys…