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<STRONG><CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">7</A>-00<A NAME="2">162</A>-CV</CENTER>
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<STRONG></STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="3">Philip David Carruthers</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="4">Leslie Townsend</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">98TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="7">96-01211</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="8">SUZANNE COVINGTON</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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<STRONG>PER CURIAM</STRONG>

<P>	After conferring with Court staff, the parties agreed to participate in mediation.  The parties
reached a settlement agreement at mediation and have filed a joint motion to dismiss this appeal pursuant
to their agreement and a joint motion to expedite the mandate.  The settlement agreement filed with this
Court's clerk contains conditions for the satisfaction of the judgment through a particular disbursal of the
funds, including a supersedeas bond, deposited with the district clerk.</P>

<P>	This Court directs the district clerk to disburse the funds described in the settlement
agreement according to the settlement agreement.  This Court grants the parties' motions and dismisses this
appeal.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R. App. P. 59 (a)(1)(A).</P>

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<P>Before Chief Justice Carroll, Justices Aboussie and B. A. Smith</P>

<P>Dismissed on Joint Motion</P>

<P>Filed:   August 14, 1997</P>

<P>Do Not Publish</P>

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