Legal Opinion
Robertson v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 1940No. 7450PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Judge German
delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals Section A.
The tentative opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals contains a concise and admirable statement of the pertinent facts. This statement is in part as follows:
“This is a usury suit. George P. Robertson and wife brought this suit against Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and Dallas Bank & Trust Company to cancel a debt and deed of trust lien on the ground that the contract provided for a usurious rate of interest and that the payments which had been made as interest were sufficient to discharge the principal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Norris v. W. C. Belcher Land Mortgage Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1904
- Kansas City Life Insurance v. DuvallTexas Supreme Court · 1937
- Duvall v. Kansas City Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Meem v. DulaneySupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
- Wallace v. D. H. Scott & SonTexas Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Duvall v. ClarkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Moser v. John F. Buckner & SonsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Robertson v. Connecticut General Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1940
- Bridgeman v. Gateway Ford Truck SalesDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1969
- John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
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