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<STRONG><CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">7</A>-00<A NAME="2">560</A>-CV</CENTER>
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<STRONG></STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="3">Seth Becken</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="4">Bruce B. McDonald, M.D.,</A> Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="5">TRAVIS</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="6">200TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="7">97-03156</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="8">PAUL R. DAVIS, JR.</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING </STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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<STRONG>PER CURIAM</STRONG>

<P>	Seth Becken appeals the trial court's judgment rendered by default after Becken
failed to answer the petition.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R. App. P. 30.  In his appellate brief, Becken challenges
only that part of the judgment awarding unliquidated damages.</P>

<P>	Appellee Bruce McDonald, M.D., moves this Court to expedite disposition of the
appeal.  McDonald confesses that error occurred when no record was made of the trial-court
proceedings.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R. Civ. P. 243; <EM>Morgan-Express, Inc. v. Elizabeth-Perkins, Inc.</EM>, 525
S.W.2d 312, 315 (Tex. Civ. App.--Dallas 1975, writ ref'd) (when default judgment is rendered,
failure to record evidence on unliquidated damages requires reversal and remand).</P>

<P>	We grant McDonald's motion and order the appeal submitted for decision on this
date.  We reverse the part of the trial court's judgment awarding damages, as well as post-judgment interest thereon, and remand that part of the cause to the trial court.  We affirm the
judgment in all other respects.</P>

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<P>Before Justices Powers, Kidd and B. A. Smith</P>

<P>Reversed and Remanded in Part; Affirmed in Part</P>

<P>Filed:   February 20, 1998</P>

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