Curnutte v. Houston

NORVELL, Justice.

This is a usury suit. Trial was to a jury, but at the conclusion of appellants’ evidence the trial court peremptorily instructed the jury to find against appellants, J. V. Curnutte and Tom Howard, plaintiffs below, and in favor of V. H. Houston and Lillie H. Houston, the appel-lees here.

We sustain appellants’ first point, wherein it is asserted that the evidence raised fact issues as to the existence of an usurious transaction, whereby appellees exacted and collected from appellants an illegal rate of interest for the use of Three Thousand Dollars.

The pertinent evidence…