Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Zapata

KEITH, Justice.

Defendants below appeal from an adverse judgment rendered in a suit brought under the Texas Consumer Credit Code, Chapters 7 and 14. 1 Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment was granted and damages of $2,000 were assessed against the defendants under the provisions of § 8.01(b) of the Code. The Court, after a bench trial, awarded plaintiff $5,000 in attorney’s fees and merged the partial summary judgment into a final judgment from which this appeal has been perfected.

The judgment is joint and several against the two defendants but neither seeks indemnity nor…