Spradling v. Williams

DIES, Chief Justice.

N. D. Williams, Jr., plaintiff below, brought suit against Hubert Spradling, d/b/a Sprad’s Boat Town, under the Deceptive Trade Practices — Consumer Protection *145Act [Tex.Bus. & Comm.Code Ann. § 17.41, et seq. (Supp.1976-77)], received a judgment for $4,300 actual and $4,300 double damages, after a jury trial, from which Spradling has appealed. The parties will be referred to as they were below.

The court gave the following instruction to the jury:

“DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE:

“Any false, misleading or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce. You are…