Wood v. Continental Sav. & Bldg. Ass'n

The plaintiffs in error in this case were the original plaintiffs in the district court. They brought an action of debt against the defendant in error under article 5073, R. S. 1925, to recover double the amount of interest paid to defendant in error by plaintiffs in error on a loan, because the contract, as alleged, was usurious. Judgment was rendered in the district court of Nolan county declaring the contract to be usurious, and the amount of this judgment was in accordance with this declaration. On appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals of the Eleventh district, that court reversed the…