Autocredit of Fort Worth, Inc. v. Pritchett

HALL, Justice.

This is a usury case brought by C. W. Pritchett, appellee, against appellant, Auto-credit of Fort Worth, Inc., in the County Court at Law of Tarrant County, Texas, to recover double the amount of interest paid under an alleged usurious contract. The case was tried to a jury and in answer to special issues Submitted they found the following:

1. That appellant sold a 1942 Hudson automobile to appellee on or about the 17th of May, 1948.

f 2. That appellant charged appellee an interest rate in excess of ten per cent per annum on a $775.12 indebtedness for a pe-^nod of eighteen months.

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