44 Ky. 145 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1844
delivered the opinion of the Court.
It seems to this Court, that Dunn, the administrator of Cooper, if he knowingly received and exacted usurious interest upon the note of Heasley and Teeter to his , . . intestate, became, in consequence ot this illegal exaction, .personally liable to restore the money and to an action of
But further, there is no evidence that the administrator had made a final settlement of the estate in his hands, but merely that he had accounted for the usury received, which may have been nothing more than charging him. self with it in his accounts, and this would not even exempt an agent from liability to an action for money wrongfully received for his principal, and which the other party has a right to reclaim. The Court, therefore erred in instructing the jury, that if Dunn had collected the usury as administrator, and had settled his accounts, they should find for him.
Wherefore, the judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded for a new trial in conformity with this opinion.