Legal Opinion
Bishop v. Allied Finance Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 11, 1972No. 17828PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUITTARD, Justice.
Plaintiff Lowell Bishop sued Allied Finance Company, Industrial Life Insurance Company and Allied Finance Company of Fairmount for double the amount of alleged usurious interest paid on a promissory note. Plaintiff claims that the note was usurious because he was required by defendant’s alleged agent, L. B. Sikes, as a condition of the loan, to pay a credit life insurance premium of $322.14 to Industrial Life Insurance Company, and that this amount must be considered interest because he was not given an option to purchase this insurance from a company of his own choice, and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McKelvy v. BarberTexas Supreme Court · 1964
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company v. DeenTexas Supreme Court · 1958
- Schweizer v. AdcockTexas Supreme Court · 1946
- Hill v. W. E. Brittain, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Deen v. HickmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by6 opinions
- First Interstate Bank of Texas, N.A. v. S.B.F.I., Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
- Henderson v. Texas Commerce Bank-Midland, N.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1992
- Pruitt v. MorrissCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- Maronge v. Cityfed Mortgage Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Woodrum v. LongCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
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