Fortner v. Fannin Bank in Windom

SHANNON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment rendered by the district court of Travis County that appellant J. D. Fortner take nothing from appellee Fannin Bank. Fort-ner claimed the bank violated § 17.46(a) of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Tex.Bus. & Com.Code Ann. (Supp.1982), subsequently termed “DTPA.”

Fortner pleaded that in April, 1977 the bank falsely represented that it would register the title papers to a Jaguar automobile Fortner purchased with the funds from a loan made him by the bank. He pleaded further the bank’s failure to file the title papers enabled a…