Hubert Spradling, D/b/a Sprad’s Boat Town, Petitioner v. N. D. Williams, Jr., Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts' judgments, holding that the trial court's instruction defining deceptive acts as those that could deceive an ignorant, unthinking, or credulous person was proper, and that the erroneous instruction regarding unlisted deceptive practices was harmless error because a listed deceptive act was found. A dissent argued the error was not harmless, and a concurrence raised concerns about penal damages for unlisted acts.