Furniture Barn, Inc. v. Leal

SHANNON, Justice.

Appellees, Benito and Linda Leal, filed suit against appellant, Furniture Barn, Inc., in the county court at law of Travis County. Appellees sought treble damages for an alleged violation of Tex.Bus. & Comm.Code Ann. § 17.41, et seq., (1973), commonly termed the Deceptive Trade Praetices-Con-sumer Protection Act. After trial to the court, the court entered judgment for ap-pellees for $555.00 treble damages and $1,000.00 for attorney’s fees. We will reverse the judgment.

In their trial petition, appellees alleged that on May 12, 1975, appellant sold them furniture for $765.42.…