Lubbock Mortgage & Investment Co. v. Thomas

OPINION

SCHULTE, Justice.

This is a case brought under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, hereinafter referred to as DTPA. Appellee (Plaintiff below) was granted judgment in the sum of $11,000.00 actual damages and for $2,640.00 attorney’s fees by the Court sitting without a jury. Appellant was the Defendant below. We affirm.

In April, 1979, Appellee contacted Appellant in response to a newspaper ad and sought to borrow money for the purchase of a laundromat in Midland, Texas. Appellee and Appellant thereafter entered into a “contract for services.” The contract provided that Appellee, as…