Legal Opinion
Ware v. Paxton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 26, 1954No. 3017PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINGS, Justice.
This suit was brought by V. L. Ware against J. S. Paxton and wife to recover $3,135.82 alleged to be the balance due on a promissory note dated December 29, 1950, plus interest at 10% per annum and $400-attorney’s fee and to foreclose a chattel mortgage lien on certain household goods and furniture. The Paxtons alleged in an answer filed March 31, 1951 that in a long series of transactions involving numerous notes they had paid $4,250 usurious interest to Ware. They sought to recover double the amount of such claimed excess payments which more than offset the amount of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Ehlinger v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court · 1928
- First National Bank of Jacksboro v. LasaterSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Greever v. PerskyTexas Supreme Court · 1942
- Jennings v. Texas Farm Mortgage Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1935
- Schmid, Recr. v. Nat'l. BankTexas Supreme Court · 1938
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3Cited by26 opinions
- L. K. Peterson and William H. Scott, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Ware v. PaxtonTexas Supreme Court · 1962
- Allison v. SimmonsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
- Whatley v. National Bank of CommerceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Dryden v. City National Bank of Laredo, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1984
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