Norris

This is an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in conveying certain property interests to the defendant, said transfer being charged to have been procured by means of false and fraudulent representations made by the defendant.

The plaintiff was the owner of a one-quarter interest in a certain estate in course of probate, and soon after she had ac quired such interest the defendant made to her at short intervals, of time, six loans of comparatively small amounts, taking from her at each transaction a grant, bargain, and sale deed of her said one-quarter interest as security for the repayment of the sum then loaned, with interest, commission, and costs. On the first of this series of transactions the defendant took plaintiff’s note for $85, with interest at two per cent per month, for which she received from him in cash $50, which was the amount she desired to borrow, the balance of the note ($35) representing so-called expenses, and being the amount charged by defendant for his trouble in ascertaining whether or not the loan might be safely made.

On the occasion of each of the other loans the defendant, in addition to deducting interest at…