Beatrice TAYLOR, individually and also on behalf of and for the use and benefit of all other persons similarly situated
v.
MAJOR FINANCE COMPANY, INC., a corporation, et al.
Supreme Court of Alabama.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 14, 1972.
Rehearing Denied November 9, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Harry B. Cohen, Birmingham, for appellant.
Sirote, Permutt, Friend & Friedman and William G. West, Jr., Birmingham, for Major Finance Co., Inc., a corp., Controlled Management Services, Inc., a corp., J. D. Thornbrough, also known as John D. Thornbrough, J. Roberts, Jeffco Finance and Discount Co., Inc., a corp., Louis Tortorigi, and John Cater, separately and severally.
Wingo, Bibb, Foster, Conwell & Strickland, Birmingham, for Shelby Finance Co., Inc., H. D. Ruffin, Jr., H. B. Thompson, Vulcan Loan and Discount Co., Inc., and C. F. Flemming.
George I. Case, Jr., Birmingham, for New Finance Co., Inc., Michael O'Dell, Ann J. Mordecai, I. S. O'Dell, Ala., State Finance Co., Inc., and Dean Schroeder.
Maurice F. Bishop and Donald B. Sweeney, Jr., of Bishop & Carlton, Birmingham, for Mutual Finance Corp. of Fourth Avenue, a corp.
Lee E. Bains, Bessemer, for Dixie Smith Finance Corp., d/b/a Bel-Air Finance Co., Bel-Air Finance Co., Inc., a corp., H. Eugene Smith, Jr., also known as H. E. Smith, Jr., also known as Gene Smith, Jr., H. Eugene Smith, Sr., also known as H. E. Smith, Sr., also known as Gene Smith, Sr., Dixie Smith, E. S. Lindsey, Bessemer Finance Co., Inc., Bessemer Finance Co., R. E. Justice, also known as Robert Justice.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
MADDOX, Justice.
Appellant-complainant, Beatrice Taylor, filed a class action against Major Finance Company and numerous other companies and individuals engaged in the business of making small loans [27 separate companies and individuals] alleging that the respondents charged usurious interest on loans made to her and the members of the class of borrowers she represented and wrongfully induced the class to execute contracts, notes, and mortgages to secure payment...
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