Manley v. Sammons Enterprises, Inc.

BARROW, Justice.

This is a companion case to our Cause No. B-6839, Coastal Industrial Water Authority v. Trinity Portland Cement Division, General Portland Cement Co., Tex., 563 S.W.2d 916. The cases were argued together in this Court because both turn on the pivotal question of whether a statutory change in the rate of interest on judgments applies to a judgment rendered before the effective date of the change so as to make the judgment bear interest at the new rate from the date of the change. 1

Manley and Conway Phillips recovered a judgment in the 162nd Judicial District Court of Dallas…