OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVERSELLERS
ATTORNEYGENERAL
Honorable 3. C. SIPith
County Attorney
Bdirque County
Meridian, Texas
Dear 81x-r
are summrlzied from
t filed and
t your county
01 dlstriut# ior
period beglmlng
uember 31, 1938.
eressor-aolleotor de-
n escrow in a loaal bank ior the
hlr willingneee to pIy may awe
ally colleatlble from him. The
n mrch 17, 1939. 60 fuurthw
o eecablleh the llablllty of
-collector or to reach the 8um
v until October, 1944, when the widow
and aole heir oi the now deaeaaed fax aaeeaeor-
aolleator filed suit to determine vhat, if an3,
part of the f'un8 held In eecrow ehould be returned
to her.
You have prepared and rubmi.ttecI to the
truetees of the affected common school dietriots an oplnlon in
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vhlch you axpreae your belief that the tvo year lialta.tlonr
statute (Artlale 5526, V.A.C.S.) 1s applicable to iheee claim,
4 you have requeeted this departrem to review your opinion
end to advlee you vhr,ther or not we feel that. it 10 correct.
on the barb of the authorltlea and reasoning embodied in
your opinion, we feel ~hr. raid opinion le an eminently
corroot rxposltlon of the lav relative to thi8 eitwtlon.
tba aaae OS Bexar County
As f;:)‘::g”[
v. I(overlalc, 159 S. W. error nfuaed) holdr square-
ly that the tvo year limltatiau8 rtatute 18 applloablo to this
typo of olalm, vhlle the oaae oi Mexican Coal 84 Coke Company
v. Ruakman, 229 9. W. 347, demonstrator that the plaalng of
fmdr in oacrov to lndloate a vlllingnem to pay doer not toll
the operation of the llnitatlonr etatutom. coneequent1y, vo
eoncur in your oonalu8lon thmt the dolay of the rahool dir-
triate in ootabllahing their alalma, if any they hnd, has
alloved the statutes of lisitatlonr to bar euoh @lam.
Trwtlng that tho foregoing ratiriaatorlly
anwora your inquiry, we are
Yours very truly
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