National Bond & Mortgage Corp. v. Mahaney

Mr. Presiding Judge RYAN

delivered the opinion of the Commission.

Defendant in error instituted this suit, on December 28, 1931, to recover double the amount of alleged usurious interest claimed to have been paid to plaintiff in error on a loan of $3700.00. The case was submitted to a jury on special issues which were answered in favor of defendant in error and the trial court rendered judgment in her favor, which was modified and affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 70 S. W. (2d) 236.

On November 14, 1927, one J. B. Allgood executed his promissory note for the principal sum of $3700.00,…