STEDMAN v. GEORGETOWN S. & L. ASS'N

No. B-8267.

595 S.W.2d 486 (1979)

C. T. STEDMAN, Petitioner, v. GEORGETOWN SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDonald, Sanders, Ginsburg, Phillips, Maddox & Newkirk, Sam J. Day and Patrick A. Barbolla, Fort Worth, for petitioner.

Clark, Thomas, Winters & Shapiro, Roy C. Snodgrass, III, Austin, for respondent.


BARROW, Justice.

This suit was brought by petitioner to recover penalties because usurious interest was allegedly charged him by respondent. The determinative question on appeal is whether an accruing charge of 10 percent per annum on the principal amount of a loan commitment which was exacted during the 8 month existence of the commitment was a bona fide commitment fee or a clock to conceal usurious interest on the permanent...

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