Hooper v. Aetna Finance Co.

Aetna Finance Company of Jackson, appellee, filed a declaration in the County Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, seeking to recover a monetary judgment representing the balance due on an installment promissory note. The makers of this note were the defendants Sherman Hooper and Betty Jo Hooper, and the defendants Lillie J. Covington and Julius W. McKay were co-makers. The county court awarded a judgment for the appellant stating that the charges were usurious. The case was appealed to the Circuit Court of Hinds County and this court reversed the county court…