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EARLL v. SEARL

No. 1386.

101 A.2d 248 (1953)

EARLL v. SEARL et al.

Municipal Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 4, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Max Ammerman, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Arthur J. Hilland, Washington, D. C., with whom Vincent C. Burke, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and WALSH, Chief Judge, Municipal Court for District of Columbia, sitting by designation.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This case commenced as an action by Earll for the balance of a $2,000 note given by the Searls to Earll as a commission for securing an $18,000 loan from Mrs. Earll. On a prior appeal we reversed a judgment in Earll's favor. We held that the taking of a $2,000 commission by Earll with the knowledge of his wife, for whom he acted as agent, plus the charging of six per cent interest on the loan, constituted usury. Searl v. Earll, D.C.Mun.App....

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