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CITY OF AUSTIN v. FOSTER

No. 13341.

623 S.W.2d 672 (1981)

CITY OF AUSTIN, Appellant, v. Edwin E. FOSTER, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Harris, City Atty., James R. Riggs, Asst. City Atty., Austin, for appellant.

Danny M. Womack, Rebecca Rivers Williams and John McClish, Austin, for appellees.

POWERS, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment in an eminent domain case wherein the trial court awarded compound prejudgment interest in addition to the net amount of the condemnation award.1 We reform the trial court's judgment to allow prejudgment interest based upon simple interest only and affirm the judgment as reformed.

Appellant, the City of Austin, concedes that prejudgment interest was a proper award in this case...

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