City of Houston v. Arney

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 judgment, a hearing on damages was held before the trial court, although a jury fee had been paid by the City, at which time the court made its…