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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Bonombh Dul&t Yhitwll
Cridaml DlcltrirtAttoxw~
Collla County
JtOU~, Tuur
oa8fdw8dfourFequut
mU48b F Udiw l8 fOl-
Xonoreblo Dvl&t yhitwell, Pate P
flo~lrolloot~anr UMlpaf thu IEtotha calnt;l
TWNWU’tOb4 8dit8dtOthe 0ffiOul'I &l&q
rtuxs. ne 18 rurthu rrqtired uador the ~#rnral
8t8tUte8 OO+WiA# thLtd+~flFUWO8 lb p WtiOUb r 4
under the fee rtatuto to fllr an Aawn1 Repart rot-
rtib lindtrtiOA8fullfPar th4 tin. of the di8OOTU7
0r the miuppllmtlorrt
'qiu8tLbrr HO. ha 18 it tho oitioial dut O?
the Count Attorae~tobdnga rlvilrtita~ rno*
the,U-00 Il@OtW ad hi8 8WOti.8 to FOO0V.r thib
ronqt IO thU
to Arti.1. 339
that Yhoa it o,oarto
ot collnt~Attomut that
w County tntnut8d with
tundr iR ia w UnMP *brt80-
l8 -0 WOO80
&at;@8 w 8Uah
ublla b&or-
not to U-OffibW8 4abrOW ag-0818 th*ni-,
buded to almlfr ow 8itia With ntOlWM0 t0 01p
mthorlt to rat b t hr8 utter. Tt ou rhfmld hol4
that it I8 Aotthe offioial4u~ Of de hunt7 At-=eY
towlsqa oIvllrat.IasyriartthIr Otf%a@?ad hi8
8WOti48 thO8f8tbn ro;tpohtbit%-tbr*r-#-
vent the cordariaarrr oowb ?ra lq&g8amcowtJ
AttarcuftompWUhth.~orrrrQf- T oOlt-@'-
oration La addition to'k3.artrtQt0lrt8aZI
t be apud wn betvoea the Oowt and the “f ttomufl
‘I
Xonorrble Dvl(lhtYhitvolL, P8tr r,
%+I? Opid08 Cm thi8 B8ttW 18 6OliNd
bdW'0 JaEllU7 31, 80 tht W Y7 ii10 ttW MOU-
88rJ 8Uitt;;;;~ th. X'WldE# Of lid.t&loIi,a8
8000 88 . Th8nhia1~pu for pu ooopwa-
tloa In ?hI8 mttw, *o are
In the m8e Of MU? Counw T* IlwwlOh, 8t al., 159
8; v. @da) lb, nit UfUWd th. t%Wt Of citil AmU MI
Yith l QtU8ti80ldAP t0 t&t 8Bkd
h efr a tr
ver e
th a l
tp p ello Ma a,wyI ( r r
tb 8tdtUt~bocpdylUb.6 O?tu~O~WtG-l'8 WI&t;OMd that
h 8hould "taithtld~ WOn aad di8OhrFgO .ir Of m dUth8
requIr@d OrhIBQlaY 88 TuCollMto?." Arturnfrrrl
lnd Quotiry tw a U.UEbr Of t-8 Oa8@8 dealIn& rlth 8
QUe8t~OM 8otw Of dlbh W8X’8 w th8 cord88iOB O$ 4pW1# aad
lllofvhh hold that 8uOhaauBu ~faotIon~oxw#ovarnod~
the two-leas 8tatuto or Llsltat1oz4,the cowt la& 88 t011owr
to, and YO thI.nh
did, oozroot
thi8 8ituritiOa vOl?nm’8 lnaotrkd Of.Vi.1
bktUte8, VhiOh ouOfte&o Ootob.? 1, X*1, ti rhioh NId8
48 fOllOWI
8unonbh Dwight whitvoll, PagO 5
porlod aowud 8Uob bad8, 8nd that fO? ali
putpo8OS Of tiO?i8UOh #tit8 b 8UOh pOZ%OS#
On luoh bond8 8&U b OOMidwti 8~4
tpUt& &.I
8OtiOM for debt f0Und.d qca 8 oontraot In tit-
4 aml cwarne4 br the faur-Joa?atatuto of LIUI-
ktlon. Aat 1941, 47th Lot., pa 383, oh. 2l3, 8 1..
It yIll b4 noted that, Ml0 Art. 600% bwamr lr r o o tivo
Op o OtOb W
1 ,li?hitlr lppliOa 0dy t0 bold8 ~8cntkb dt0p UIU
dAt0. 8Uido8, the 8-1 Pub oi 8ktUtw ooPIt?wtion l8 t&at
(L lidktiOll 8t8tUtr 18 m8UIMd t0 k 8~itOtiVO ia ~tiOll,
tie88 it8 tCUW8 olrully 8hw I 1Ogi8b r iv0 intont that it Ihod&
ha+0 a MmwMro lmot. 28 Tu, hu., 840. 11, pa 8fj.
UtodoPthohOld~ Intb NwOrIokurd 8-m (~8.8
abow w0m to 8UOh af
tho to08 roterred to b foe aa v.ro
due iW t0@to&' 1 ,
1 9 4 th
1 ,eltt8OtiW tit0 Oib t.600%
a u c X’md by tho two- UP 8ktUtO Of Uai(;rtioa. 8uoh of 8.d
foe8 a8 au SOU tftsn b 0 paw paat duo ud rhioh b~crUyo ,du
PROP to tb UCMUti~ Of 4n Omdai 8kfUtOW bead w atid f&X
COilMtOP HOP me 600% b*OuPe lff@OtiVO lm ax80 br2%%d w
th0 t110+89 8atUtO Of ilrdt#dIir linJ Of 8UCth fU8 ~8 bOOU80
dU0 lt8r th0 -UUtiOA Of UL OffISi.418ktUtm bond
Collootor rftor the &fOotIyo &to ti Art. 630% rauld
br the faw-~ 8ktUt& Of liUlfMlOa 8od vould not k barred.
a-id Art, 60038 li not utcoaotlw undo it8 tom 80
m&a:pQ to l hx Colloetor* band that rrr axmuted lq thr
95 Erlthor ma the 8WOtr 0-w
7%538:;2
b0 hold for t O:‘.tl7 f’btd8 068ufiixv ‘“““h”:
lifootlw date of 8a d Aot under the bond uxrouted on Jmua
1941, uo knQY of no nr w ai,& tha runty oarpany OIa bo ali
undw. tho bond uoautod Sana~ 1, l$&l,
&KLOtitOd citil Ot8tUtO8,
- lJltl01~39120, 800. 1, vOZ7&01i'8
OOOtdM th0 ?OiiWiBg p~ori8iW
lioaorabloDwight Whitv.11, ?a(a 6e
Art1010 339, f. A. c. b., ir IB tollow8I
hi8 dUtie8 UIidOr the &V, h# 8h811 inrtltut. 8u8h
~P OQOOdir y l8 aiN FAOOOl8~l7 t0 e-01 tb ~OX'fOl'W
anO0 Of 8Uob dutia8 b 8Wh offio~ lrd to #%er.?vr
4gd &bPOtOOt the pub110 ilitOlW8t8.”
IA th. W8e Of LStthOFO lt 81. V. mt OoPn
124 3. V. 205,.thoro Va8 intolwd ha8 rl@at of tho oountr a ior-
MT t0 ~&din 8 f.0 iB th. 8IM Oi #~.~ OOllOOtOd b him f’POa
tho oount~ tor hardliag l 8utt tn vhioh the oounty -8 plaintiff
ati VhiOh V88 bPOUght t0 rOOOW 8 18330 UoOUAt Of mO-7 018tiOd
~;~~w;o Unty lgaiart tha OOUn~ elwk of 8aid ~ou&$ and hi8
. Thotrl.aloourtlrmtrwted julgmnta LDlttho oounty
attOM l8 t0 Iaid $500.00f@ O, lld th COWt o P CiTil &Q-18
8UStEinOd thi8 holding 08th. pOUBdthAtt!@ 8ktUtO
WV Art. 339) mad. it the duty of 8rld oouatr attorney to &Et
88id 8Uit, and that the Oontlvot to plf him 8UOh f.0 -8 rabid-
den lrv aad void. 'Ph. Court a180 held that Art. 297, (nov
35) ~r0rid.d hi8 OO@W8~tioa iOF auoh r&W,r 8ti th8t
&kuI the oomlrrlo~rr' aout mm not at lib& to ~l:irsegara.
In tha 018b of Stata T, antton, et al., 192 S. V. 814,
Vl'lt reflltd, theF* V88 iWO1V.d th4 WthOl'itr Of tk OOUU attor-
nor to brln(ll 8U.it ia the MH of tb bt8k wbrt 8 WX dl.O-
toz, to rrootff fUDd8 duo thr &tat@. In thi8 bUt@aOr tb OOWt~
%y Vi&U@ Of hiOh s3 Of th8 BOri8&
StrtUt.8 Of 1911, tb Oat7 attOm 18 atitbd
t0 Nh in l8 hi8 Oti8810& GI1 til. m
O@ileOtti b7 hb fOF.th# 8trt@, the 8uI Of
mat. 00 tha rust, thouund, and 5 par u&t. 08 the
hi8 8UNtl*B? ?hr bwdll# UpOP th0 qu*8,tioa,
8l'O 8tfiO1.8 Ml9-d ~OfthObYt8~~trtUt.8 oi
19ll.
h8YO oalttod oopli Ufd &t101.8 #lg
1.d "fId.00 8iMO &'tiOlO
tA 841d Op
t0 d0 Vlth th. qM8tiOU hW0 bO%
oo~ldered aad Aztlole 366 18 aw Art1010 339 ha%-
iMbOT0 8,t Out).
I)
. .. . .
‘It 8.Y t0 k #O!tOrdOd w both wPt1.8 thrt
th. 188UO if& the 0880 ia+OhV8 8 OOMtl'UOtiCS Of th8
8tdUt.8 dOTO QUOtOd, ntb? thl Of thO8. 8eOtiOM
of the CCnUtltUtion gre8Or&bi4 the N8 OtltO dUti.8
0r th8 litt0ru87 c+~r~i 8rd 0r the OOULLr J at-.
Va hold, howvor, th&t urd@s 8e4ItlOael of U?tlOle 5 of
the CoMtltUtIon the LSgl8ktUm oould OOnfer upon thr
.fn tha au0 at Tamall ‘I~Orouw 60 hr. 539,
31 8. V. 631, tha 8-#81-' ed had _ od
prluta oaua~olfomp~.8oatth.samtyiar 7
8U&
&#lMt th4 OQMtf tPOUu#I, aad hl8 -tlU, tW
w rr00t027 0r rtbm i08t M th4 rriitrn or tb
lhvl88d-8wUf88, the fwpripu court up1
“*%ki8 WtiOh XLOt Oldr Oani8r8 th. pOrrr,
but -08e8 8 dut , upon the eount~rtt
$wrors the rot8 &la rain apulrlbda,
th@ OOWty ~ttol'ne~~tbt,
Honoreblo OvLght Wh.ltvOll, ?r(l@ 9
OaUatr fUUd4 odlr, hilO ill th4 plW8etlt MI* tb
8Uit 18 i.8aM M Ofth8t8tr r ldOucpOti8
, t0
b0 fW 8th turd8 Otirj bUt thb 8a~ 8tdUtn rnrl
reatlon 0r the conat1tutioat&t gave the oounty
rttornoy 8UthOJ’itT to r
hla pwor to rrprrront In irot, tha
CoMtltutlon tiO8 axpro pwir to roprarmat
the Itit., Nid fh* 8trtUtO OOVOl'8 'w pub110 fWid8.'"
a.0 a180 tb a80 0r Bar county1. Dwl8, 223 s. v.
558, tit WftUOd, rhmin it V88 held tht th@ dlrtziot rttom,q
had the authorityto brpinel 8o it in th. Mao Of th.
f&Oh OIWW Vithin th0 pNV.%8iOM Of AFtial~
raid 8Uit h4M b0.n bl?OU@t t0 FOQOYW rOr? 8aht7
or tha 00wy tru8 w the oount~ judge. Tim court
8180 hold bA thi.8 0480 that, h it 18 th. dUtf Of ttM OOUntr
ro~ording to lrv for the rooow~
tre88urrr $0 direot prororooutlon
Of lll debt8 that DI b0 duo hl8 OOUnt~ 8od 8U lX'lIltOnd th. OOl-
leotlonthrreof,iul i ruthoritr 18 61Wli thr dP 8trlOt 8ttOl'n. to
1ost1tutr 8uit8 unA8r thr olroua8taaas8 nased ln ArtL0Ie 366 aw
ht. 339)vhethalr the TWM~UXW direotr the rO8OOUtlOa or nOta
aad whether th0 8Ult 18 dlrOOtOd by th0 Come5 88101mrr~ Court or
not.
W. a180
diPrOt yOW rttrntlon t0 the 048@ Of J. A.
PhL11p8 IlWO8tWllt
CO., et al. '1.Road Dlrtrlot t!iO.18 Of ~08tOl.M
county lt al., 172 9. Y. (26) 707, vrit 20rit8rd, uhr~sin it VII
hold tht the Counlq Attorney of I&M8tOaA County had authorifq
U&W UtiOh 339 t0 bfin(: 8 8U.u fO? th0 FOOOYOI7 Of UOrWy ii-
leg8117 &d tO'J. 11. Philip8 rDW33tMBt coapmiy UD&r 6 O&Not
ontorwl l&o with raid oompmy br tha C~8810wrat Court of raid
oounty.
Ye think it 18 olom, thewrore, tat 1t ia the OtflO181
duf 0r the oount~ rtt tobri~a aid.1 8Uit8@MtthO -
Co1I lo to r~fwr o d to rod ho rurety oa hl8 bond to reoovor
orpz 88id
EOMy. v.40 not belleve that the raot that 8816 Tax Co leotor bar
tOM Out 0k OffiOe ima8 ly diffWQO8 a8 t0 the dUtr 0 the OOmtT
lttOl'llqia thi8 MI t, 88 Uid ‘hX CtilUtW -8 a OffiOOF 8t
the tir that tha ob lgatlonawou end uao are not eaaaollwl or
r
dl8oharg8d w hi8 oOiIl&Out of OfflOe.
Ordinarily the Camml88lonrrr~ Co ur t
ll- drtoW8
tiethor llt%gat;oa &all. b8 i.NtltUt& in fWW of th0 0-t l lti
in8~1Mt8aoOr the OOUIit~tr#8UlW -8 tb 8btutor7 8ut h Orltr
Xonomblo Dwight Uhitrrrll,page 10
IbdW Am810 35 aad th0 O480 Of uttbCUV v*
hmnt Count w 8.v. 204, th@ OCUNdrilliOU w f&O0 Of
the 80UStr qt 8J'O llar~rlxod,uUib uld mmt8-
8i0M OVfOOt @?O Okpri4 irrt0 the offiO@?e&&Irf?UId+
Artlale49lPa,a.0. 5. For pur ioiolrurtiaa
l8 to the bandllag
Of thO8@ 8ood88iOtU O? f-8, w tU* ttPAl
Ho. O-3243, hold1 t&t ru OOmd.88fau l
authorit 0r Uio 0 335 41y to k paI&
2m.a~ Me.