Peightal v. Cotton States Building Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Lamar. Tried below before Hon. E. S. Chambers.
1Opinion of the Court
NEILL, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by the appellee, a Texas corporation, against appellants, J. B. and Hettie Peightal, to recover $500 and interest according to the terms of a contract between the parties, the terms of which will be hereinafter stated, together with. $50 attorney’s fee, and for foreclosure of an alleged mechanic’s lien on a-certain house and lot situated in Ennis, Texas.
The appellants, defendants below, plead under oath that the contract declared upon was usurious; that the contract was devised by appellee and the National Building and Loan Association as a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Interstate Building & Loan Ass'n v. GoforthTexas Supreme Court · 1900
- Hamburg v. O. P. Wood & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1886
- Mitchell v. NapierTexas Supreme Court · 1858
- Atlanta Savings Bank v. SpencerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- J. S. Brown & Co. v. LessingTexas Supreme Court · 1888
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- Cotton v. CooperCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
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- Wilson Finance Company v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
- National Bond & Investment Co. v. AtkinsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
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