Legal Opinion
Avant v. Gulf Coast Investment Corporation
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 22, 1970No. 17441PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Justice.
This is an appeal from a take nothing judgment, based upon a jury verdict, in a suit for usury double damages pursuant to Art. 5073, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. of Texas. 1 Dora Mae Avant alleged that she had executed a note which provided for usurious rate of interest to Interstate Builders & Supply, Inc., and that such note had been assigned to Gulf Coast Investment Corporation; that such company had taken the note with notice of the usury and was therefore subject to the penalty then prescribed by statute.
Gulf Coast Investment Corporation asserted a number of affirmative…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McDonald v. New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1964
- Rattan v. Commercial Credit Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Cudmore v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Standard Supply & Hardware Co. v. Christian-Carpenter Drilling Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Griffith v. HudspethCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Johnson v. Sears Roebuck & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1973
- Blackmon & Associates, Inc. v. Palmer Building Supplies & Specialties, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1971
- Templeton v. Unigard Security Insurance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1976
- Harvey v. DentonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
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