Federal Mortgage Co. v. Hawkins

Mr. Judge Martin,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

The Fort Worth Court of Civil Appeals reformed and affirmed the judgment of the trial court in this case, holding in effect that the contract pleaded and proven was a usurious one. Federal Mortgage Company et al. v. Hawkins, 95 S. W. (2d) 744. The Dallas Court of Civil Appeals reached an op posite conclusion, in a case where the controlling facts were identical with the present case. Federal Mortgage Company et al. v. Davis, 100 S. W. (2d) 717. This last holding has this day been affirmed by us. (Supra, p. 46.)

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