California Supreme Court March 31, 1932, Docket No. L.A. 10962. (Scott v. Hollingsworth)

PRESTON, J.

Plaintiffs, as receivers of the Julian Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation, on August 8, 1927, instituted this action at law in four counts against the defendant, W. I. Hollingsworth, to collect treble damages for usurious interest paid to him as follows: $19,000 on December 11, 1926; $19,000 on January 11, 1927; $19,000 on February 19, 1927, and $19,000 on April 5, 1927.