Young v. Hunderup

SHANNON, Chief Justice.

Appellee Robert 0. Hunderup sued appellant Grace Young, a real estate broker, in the district court of Travis County, for claimed violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Appellee pleaded that appellant solicited him to purchase a two-acre tract of land in Austin. Appellee averred further that appellant misrepresented to him that the tract was zoned “light industrial.” Acting upon the misrepresentation, appellee purchased the land, to his claimed damage. The district court rendered a post-answer default judgment for damages against appellant.

Appellee challenges…