Edwards v. Surety Finance Co.

— Plaintiff instituted suit, under nine separate causes of action, to recover usury paid by him to defendant on nine promissory notes. The court found that the payments made by plaintiff on the first seven notes were usurious to the extent of $1,065.90 and on the last two notes to the extent of $160.15. The court held, however, that the first seven causes of action of the complaint were barred by the statute of limitations. As to the last two causes of action, upon which plaintiff was held entitled to recover, the court allowed an over-balancing offset, the origin and nature of which will be…