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Facts and Proce

The City of Dallas sued Al Ellis for conversion of money owed to the City for a workers= compensation lien. The trial court entered judgment on the jury verdict, awarding the City $40,857.59[1] for the conversion. The trial court also awarded prejudgment and postjudgment interest. Both parties appeal. We affirm.

Issues Presented

In his brief, Ellis presents four is

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A trial was held before the referee, who found that on December 23, 1993, the plaintiff had a bank check in the a

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l1 D.A. Osguthorpe and the D.A. Osguthorpe Family Partnership (collectively the Osguthorpes) appeal the district court's grant of Enoch Richard Smith's motions for summary judgment and denial of the Osguthorpes' motions for summary judgment, to dismiss, and to amend. We affirm in part, and reverse and remand in part.

BACKGROUND

2 Prior to 1966, Enoch Smith Jr. (Smith)(1) and D.A. Osgu

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In this case, the plaintiffs, African-Americans, claim that they were subjected to racial harassment in the workplace, and thus a hostile work environment, from 1981 through the filing of their suit in August 1999, and they seek damages from their employer under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. The employer denied the harassment; alternatively, as an affirmative defense, it contended that, at most, the plaintiff

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Securtec, Inc., appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Gregg County on Securtec's claims seeking declaratory relief and damages as a result of Gregg County's alleged violations of the bidding laws of the State of Texas.

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