Show I i BANKER HART IS CHARGED USURY COUNCIL COUl Br BLUFFS la Ia Oct Suit was yesterday 3 brought against Ernest Er Er- Ernest nest E. E Hart Republican national al corn com m for Iowa awl and president of the thc First National 1 bank of of this this this' city by hy Andrew G. G Gilbert former city alderman al al- al alderman derman and anil prominent business man man to recover which Gilbert al alleges alleges al al- leges lees Hart dart owes him as a result of the usury law la Gilbert alleges es ho paid Hart usury on a n lean of 9 and that under tho the federal laws regulating regulating regu regu- latin lating national banks Hart and md his hank bank arc liable for twice the tho amount collected Gilbert also sues for damages for alleged ed defamation of character Gilbert in his petition sets up that tho the notes b by which Hart lIart collected tho the largo sum were ma made e to Hart personally person- person oily ally instead of tho the b bank in order to evade c tho the penalty of the banking 1 law a Hart Bart declined to make any statement statement state state- ment with reference to the thc suit |