Pontiac v. Elliott

OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an award in a deceptive trade practices act case. Trial was to the court, which awarded appellee $17,320 in actual damages, $5,000 in mental anguish damages, $2,000 in damages under the DTPA provision for automatic doubling of the first $1,000 in actual damages, plus attorney’s fees of $7,000, costs, and interest.

Appellee sued appellant for damages under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Tex.Bus. & Com.Code Ann. sec. 17.41 et seq. (Vernon 1987) (DTPA), and common law fraud, based on its sale of a GMC Suburban vehicle to appellee.

Appellee…