Court Opinion

ID: 9765312
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 03:59:33.063036+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:08.670899
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On Motion for Rehearing..
HUGHES, Justice.
Appellee moves for rehearing on the ground that we erred in disallowing recovery of interest on the amount deposited in the registry of the court from the date of such deposit and states that the case of Housing Authority of City of Dallas v. Dixon, Tex.Civ.App., 250 S.W.2d 636 (Dallas C.C.A., error ref. n.r.e.) cited by us does not support but is contrary to our holding in this regard.
We cited the Dixon case as authority for the right of a condemnee to withdraw, without prejudice, the deposit made under Article 3268, V.A.C.S.
We do not agree with the Dixon case in its holding on the question of interest and this question was not presented to the Supreme .Court in the application for writ of error filed in that case.
Since under the express provisions of Sec. 1, art. 3268, supra, the deposit is made “subject to the order of the defendant” and since under the approved ruling in the Dixon case, supra, such deposit can be withdrawn by defendant without prejudice to his right of appeal from the Commissioners’ award, it logically follows, in our opinion, that in cases where the amount of damages is the only issue the deposit is the equivalent of a tender and prevents the running of interest to the extent of the amount of the deposit. This is the express holding of the Court in Baldwin v. City of San Antonio, 59 Tex.Civ.App. 262, 125 S.W. 596, cited approvingly in Texarkana & Ft. S. Ry. Co. v. Brinkman, Tex.Civ.App., 288 S.W. 852 (Beaumont C.C.A.), affirmed Tex.Com.App., 292 S.W. 860 and in State v. Hale, 136 Tex. 29, 146 S.W.2d 731.
The motion is overruled.
Motion overruled.