Richman v. Watkins

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

The plaintiff, Willard I. Riehman, brought this action in assumpsit against the defendant, Herman M. Watkins, under the Act of May 28, 1858, P. L. 622, to recover the sum of $12,500 claimed to have been paid as usurious interest on a loan of $125,000 made by defendant to plaintiff. The defense raised was that the money loaned was not that of the defendant but of defendant’s wife, and the $12,500 was a fee for defendant’s services as broker. A jury trial resulted in a vei’dict for the plaintiff in the amount of $13,795.83, representing the amount of plaintiff’s…