Cravens v. Skinner

OPINION

HOLMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment that the plaintiffs take nothing in their suit for treble damages and attorneys fees under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act Tex.Bus. & Comm.Code Ann. sec. 17.46 and sec. 17.50 (1977); or, in the alternative, actual damages for common law fraud.

We affirm.

Appellees have filed no brief, so we may accept as true the facts stated in appellant’s brief. Tex.R.Civ.P. 419.

On September 16, 1977, appellants paid appellees $3,150.00 for a ruby and a separate gold ring mounting. In response to appellants’ inquiry as to what would be the appraisal…