Spradling v. Williams

POPE, Justice.

This case concerns the instructions in the charge for a deceptive trade practices case. N. D. Williams sued Hubert Spradling, doing business as Sprad’s Boat Town. Williams alleged that Spradling made deceptive representations about a pleasure boat he purchased from Spradling. The trial court rendered judgment for Williams on a verdict of the jury, and the court of civil appeals affirmed with one justice dissenting. Tex.Civ.App., 553 S.W.2d 143. We affirm the judgments of the courts below.

In 1974 Williams purchased a thirty-foot Sportscraft pleasure boat from Spradling. The jury…