Adleson v. B. F. Dittmar Co.

Mr. Judge SMEDLEY

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals.

Plaintiffs in error recovered judgment in district court against defendant in error for $3,852, representing double the amount of payments alleged to have been made as interest pursuant to a usurious contract. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed that judgment and adjudged that plaintiffs in error take nothing. 75 S. W. (2d) 1100.

The contract was evidenced by a promissory note executed by plaintiffs in error, payable to defendant in error, _ for the principal sum of $6,000 in sixty installments of $126 each, including…