SOSA v. FITE

No. 73-3856.

498 F.2d 114 (1974)

Genoveva R. SOSA, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. David FITE, d/b/a Specialty Sales & Service Co., et al., Defendants, Tropical Savings and Loan Association, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant, Esperanza Sosa Hernandez et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. Covington, Edinburg, Tex., Gordon L. Briscoe, Harlingen, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ralph L. Alexander, John F. Rowin, Edinburg, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Carlos F. Vela, Harlingen, Tex., for Esperanza Sosa Hernandez, et al.

Curtis Bonner, Harlingen, Tex., for Cabco, Inc.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and RIVES and DYER, Circuit Judges.


DYER, Circuit Judge:

Genoveva Sosa appeals from the district court's judgment permitting her to rescind a home improvement contract violative of the Truth-in-Lending Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1601 et seq., but imposing an award against her for the balance owing on the invalid contract and impressing a judgment lien to secure the outstanding indebtedness. In a cross-appeal the lending institution which financed the home improvement contract, Tropical Savings and Loan...

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