OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Honorablr John ii. Untrrs
Sxaoutlra Dlrrotor
State Department or Lubllo ~..alran
Aurtln 3, Tarao
Dear 31r: cpinion No. o-7274
R81 nuthorfty or th
oi kblla :,‘rlS
8 obtainedby iradulent
on you polntrd out that
uld not aoorpt rsFaymemt
girt or approxiaatrly 82,000.
alfzs that thr prinolple would probably
v:fXittJOr the proparty ia in the fOrn Or
Via #hall
apprrolats your opinion,
in resprot to tha authority of the tteto
?3partmnt of :ublio i’:alfars to aoorpt real astata
from one of the nolpirnta.
fionorabla John Ii. ;4ntars, faga 2
“Ii nal proprrty
&y ba romptad, would It
mote rv 4lttrnner 81 to ulnthrr thr Da~artmrnD
ir gitoa ludlatr title to thr property, .Or ii the
tramtu lr rihotlw upon the drath oi th6 n-
olpl.Bat?
Would it
lpah any ~ittuonor it the tranr-
tar lr an tb tora ot l deal to h rttortlrr upon
tha &mrrthet thr nrlplrat or ia the ton ot l
WlllLt
‘I? the Ikpu’tmrnB &@rr~hori8ad to aooopt
rtlah I (iit, who un4u uir In mall k rwponmlbk
tar the roorptanor and utlllsation ot the.property
npon the ltfootlrr data of ttu tzanstor?g
VW-hrn rxmlnnrd mocltorirttill~the Pub110 Kaliar8
Aot ot 1941 (Artlola 6950, t.AA.8.~) but RW not rbh to find
any authorlsatlon to thr Daprtmant to roorpt or hold tlth
to ma1 ratate, nor ocm ruoh powar br inrpliad to it from tha
{~:m; dutirs end f’unotlonr gnntad uid kpond npon lt by
*
Thuo la nothirrg la law, howrror, whioh would pn-
rant tranrfarrlug the tltl8 to ma1 lq tute to a tru8Uo, with
lnstruotlons to hli: to arll tha proprrty rid dali+ar th@ pro-
orsds to the fmk Treamru, rho, uadrr oration 27 (2) OS tbs
not, is authorlrrd to norlw moaayr ior the brortlt ot tha
funds nauud ln said hotion 27.
It would Mkr no dlrfrrrnor rbthar t2bir transtrr
to tha trn8t.o ba ada $B orarrrnt& Or to to& m8Ot 8pOI.Ithe
dreth of the roolplsnt, or aedr by thr ~111 of t&a ?8oipirnt.
Tow8 Tut tzu1p
APPROVED
J-UN 20 1946 ’
AmFan GEmERAL OF TEIhs