Leal v. Furniture Barn, Inc.

BARROW, Justice.

This is a suit for damages under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act, Tex.Bus. & Comm.Code Ann. § 17.41, et seq. Judgment was entered for Benito and Linda Leal after a non-jury trial whereby they recovered against Furniture Barn, Inc. treble their actual damages of $185.00, being the sum of $555.00 plus stipulated attorney fees of $1,000.00. The court of civil appeals, with one justice dissenting, reversed and rendered judgment that the Leals take nothing by this suit. 560 S.W.2d 533. We reverse the judgment of the court of civil appeals and affirm the…