DUTY v. GENERAL FINANCE COMPANY

No. A-4645.

273 S.W.2d 64 (1954)

David E. DUTY et ux., Petitioners, v. GENERAL FINANCE COMPANY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward C. Fritz, Dallas, for petitioners.

H. B. Houston, Ed C. Stearns, Z. E. Coombes and Mays & Lea, Dallas, for respondents.


HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

The controlling question in this case is the right of borrowers to recover damages for mental anguish and physical injuries wilfully and wantonly inflicted on them by wrongful devices practiced by lenders for the purpose of collecting claimed balances due them on notes given by the borrowers. Another injury alleged was the loss of employment by Mrs. Duty. Without detailing the proceedings below, it is sufficient for the purposes of this opinion...

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