Beneficial Finance Co. v. Smith

This is an appeal on questions of law from the Municipal Court of Hamilton County.

On March 28, 1966, the assistant manager of the Beneficial Finance Company, appellee here, received a telephone call from an auto repairman advising him that the defendants, James and Barbara Smith, appellants here, would appear in the finance company’s office to apply for a personal loan to cover the cost of repairs to their vehicle. There upon, the assistant manager telephoned the Cincinnati Credit Bureau and inquired about defendants’ credit. He was advised that defendants had an outstanding debt to a…