CITY OF HOUSTON v. ARNEY

No. 01-83-00744-CV.

680 S.W.2d 867 (1984)

CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant, v. Madeline Marie ARNEY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F.J. Coleman, City Atty., William T. Fiddes, Jr., Asst. City Atty., Houston, for appellant.

Robert L. Collins, Houston, for appellee.

Before DUGGAN, JACK SMITH and BULLOCK, JJ.


OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the entry of an interlocutory default judgment against the appellant, City of Houston, and from the trial court's award of $502,500 in damages. The default judgment was entered after the trial court struck the City's pleadings, pursuant to Rules 168(8), 170(c) and 215a(b), Tex.R.Civ.P. (Vernon Supp.1983), for failure to comply with the court's order to answer interrogatories. After the entry of the default...

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