Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

z3no?sbloGeorge P. Ihdson ;i. ._ ~~u;lty Attorney, Jones County ‘_ m$Jon,Texas Attention: J. F, Lindsey Coorsir: Assfatant -4 .'~ '.>. OpiKion PTO. o-5897 _’ Ret County yfhereprincipal office of foreign corpoxq- tion d@.ng buGinoss in Texas is sItusted is proper place for r&&s- tration of ito trucks. \Ye~&~eived your .letterof February 25, 19&!+, in If!doh the foS.lo:virg faots ana query 1s presenteda Woutray Oil-Company, hbllene, Texas is a . Delayfare. Corj?oratlon,with its TCXXEIS~fi’ic~ in hbilenoi Texan. fts refiuery, Ciistr,ribMiion plant end garage ;vrhere it keeps its trucks and frorawhich point its trucks 6pexate is located in Jones County. Ckn Xoutray Oil Company, register it0 txuclislegally in Jones County, Toxes?~~ - . Article 667564, I%rrdn’s Annotatelltiivgil Statutes, 1925, prod&es that; Wvery oyfnorof a motor Vohicla, trailer or se&,-trailerused or to be use& upon the public _.. hi&ways of this State shall apply each year to the State fIf&wfayD6partnent.thmu& the County Tax C,ol- lector of the county ir~ yihichhe sesicios for the re- gintrratlonof each sueh v$i~%?Z%GZii%? controlled by him for the ensuing or OFTent calendar year or URcxq$rcdportion %herGOfj * x *” (UnderSOOriIl~ OUTS) Art3.cle 667Sa-1, (I.) defines the term lf~~fnerl~ .es used in the ‘nextabove E3ntio?;cdarticle, as rz3anIng“any pcraon rf!lo holda the legal title 02 n vehicle or who ha% the legal x%&t Of possessionthereof, ‘orthe,lo&l right of control of said . \‘OhiClO.~~ It in ‘a’vfel.1 settld rule of 1aVfin th!i.sState that a cc~rporation 53 e ~~pcrson (tv&thln thn l::oanirLs of that t err2ns c:N. in oonstitu-~Po2t-i3. and r;tatuto::y grovislonn. 6ce Vol. 10, ?:ur,SW, ) pqp 652 ana casc;s there citoil, . 454 a- > .,. EonorabloGc@ge P. Iiud~~n, pi@@ 2 . . IfgQo'assiim from the facts state8 by ioi ihet $he .X,u~sy Oil CmPany not only holds the 10.~~1title to,ito trucks. trt t?3G legal Yight of possession and control thereof also. How- Ovor,IVG are-scncling hcrc?&th ouz'OPinlon Ho. O-2105,~mhichto- ,$,hcrwith our ettacheb OpiltionPro.O-2050, should ans?{eryaw: Cncotionin the event the legal.-title only to such truo!:ti;:;vrss tcld by the Said corpomtioa and the le@l right of possession m legal right of co;ltrol man In the hands of enother p?rsoilor pcrso~~. Continui~rl;lith out aisncr . , we fin6 thet the Cowt . of CrirzinalAp?$oals30f thiB StatG has held in the case of Opp Y. St&G, 130 Cr. 1). 314, 91, 9. ::'. (2d) 180, that en nutonobilo o?Iner is rcouireato register it 5.ncwnty or oq~er*s resifience,as qa~~tention automobile could bo rezistcrod fn any oougty withipState. (iJn&crsoorinz ours) ..This brigs us to the &4errnfnationof the questj.on inwhic!~county in this State does a foreign corporation bo5.m businesstherein rnsitle. flothMz this wss correctly.deter.~neb: in our OpinfonEo. o-2050, z$idM herewith attaohead,which holds, f&o& other.thin$+,ao f~ollc~w: %Ct is the opidon of this deppart,mentthat Q foreign corporetfonwhich halobeon &de a fresidentf o$'Texas for registrationppposes should be treated, as other.resfilentor do~~esticcoruorntibnsfor thio purp&e a&that the county of re&knco of &&I a oor~ration 11--e is the .cou.nty02 its nxinai*al +--r_l__ tG.aoa03 Esineos in thti ?%%. - -=6w@derscor&ng ours)- The genoralxuie an to the resiaenco of e cor- parationis b3toa as follows: ;thcorporationis 'resident in the Stat0 ana county where Its principal o.c"ficeo are." ..~ 10 Tex. JUT., 631, citing PittsburC:Fatcr Eeater Cfl%pany~v," Sullivan,115Tex. 1+17, 202 Si FJ, 576; .Sandersv, Izam?era*Gtote hnk, (civ. App.) 223 s. I‘t,635. Therefore,upon our unbarstendingof the facts as Prosontodby you, ne answr your question in the negat9vo, Yours vary truly ATTORl"tiGmxR AL OF ~2mxAs