Silvia Manual owed Texas Orthopedics $250. The debt was transferred to Merchants and Professional Bureau, Inc., for collection.

Six years later, Merchants finally sent Manual four collection letters. By that time, a four-year Texas statute of limitation barred any suit to collect the debt. Otherwise stated, the debt was not legally enforceable. The collection letters did not disclose this fact. Were the collection letters false and misleading under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act?