Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

. 5’24 . ... ./ OFFICE 6F: ‘IWE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 5’26. rrAll airtxiotj*os antldirrtr$ot attorneys nhqn ea aesd in th6 d.bohar~ooi thois bfr%olal (tutfee & any ootWy in ‘this 8tate ohher tbM the a6tlobyo?t;hslc~rsrcldensi,shall~~laro~ t&k . ~Wll and nsOos6arjy oxpan while uotuctl sqed~ St.8the dleohargoof &tah duGis 7 0% get' oem%tour dbUart&per day ior JMel b&s, and not fs ommd tot& oontr a tile uhon travelingby rauriml, and not to exoead twenty osntm a mile *hen travelingby privateoomqmoe~, Lrlgalng to and rotum4 fxom the place where aaoh dwtlos era- d$Sareett, trawling b$ the nearea~ matloal Smh'offSoore shall also x%uSe l r* the aotual end &e*+a&y pbatago,, telegraphand telephone 8% paasob~.~emredby them b.tho aotualdlrroharg6 oi --lx dOt4u. Suoh ox~sea ahell be-paidbj the 8IIato upon the mop0 and .Itdsod aoeountof oaah 'dietriot ,jmlgooz~attornoyentitledthereto,ahow. lng suah ~LP(Ulso& In distrlotrr 0ontaln~Ilg more than One wanty, euoh oxponirea shall nover exoood in any one year $100.00ioz oaoh ootanty in the dis- trlot;proWled that no dl~trlotj&go or atternoy shallroooive mow thfm $600.00in Mf ona fsar andor tbo provisionsof thiu artiolo. $9~4aooonnt for aaid~aervioearrhall be sooordod in tJm offlolal minute8of the distriotoourt of the oountg in drioh euoh jUd&o OX.attoZne~reaidOs+ WSQOOtitely.' aArtiole 2oOa, above rororrodto, was peesed in 1927‘ but there la no proddon thereinexpzoaa- ly ropeaU~@Artlolai~ 6820, joet quoted,and it must bo proamed that the Leglelaturo'gaesed tbs 727 BomraUQ Me.. 8. Sb~gpmd, Pago b Aot 09 $917 v&t?ad.lfboreClon aml dth kmmlQdgo 0% ~&l;rd#m8 $8~8 on tbo 8anm sab$ootsnd it is a&wet10 lg tke oonetruot$on of.statute8that mp&#.bf $mp~lobtloncu?enot favored, xn Laule' Spthe~~ on ~OatutorgOon86ruotloa(2nd) YoL 1, at Pqe#J, it ,frr raidt l~lWp &i@irsplioation 8 y a rtiteiavqid. niim moquu that $018 the dut ot the oapFt ta 80.oonstrq~~the aot8, ii pasd:ble, that-bath shall bo omratinl When80~ atfloo or fano~on om wfair Oen&ruotidn W aoolgnedto betb aota, Mb they OonfQrd&tteZ'MtporrnS 60 bo QSWOi6Od for dii;torent ~@flsp(Ieoe, b&h muat Qtmd, tbo~?&~ ropeal145)aad 4tkom.two aot8 an 8eodnfy remw M&,~? ehoul4,ii poedble,,be 80 aone med L ttor m not eporatsa8 a roped of Thor 'formorbp implloativ& ThoQe orpreQrdone~ai opin- 10s eme supportedby numerotaaea8MLr. Vrtlolo I lb.ot the RQ+fQed(Ji+ilStatutea, provide8as.io~&la* ‘&&id@ 02 ihe dl8triotoourt 6hy hold oourt fbr 6 with +W 0th~~ d$.QtriMjtUtef and the &l&&M4of suoh mllrtsMy OzohQqIOdf~triots whonoter'tbsy(Low 16 expedhnt.' “Thie law hem been in offoot sirme1846 end p&or to the paawgo of the Aot a$ 1929 hero in- ww, ,tt~8 tb wdmdty rq th0 0~8h8m3eor b8aohQsbetwetw~~tko dieti jlvigQ8Of the state. VaCQr tkfe 2m,th4 #Mg88 aro authaFlsz4A te mlorr- - $a&ly exohan&~~bnoheuwhaa any eituationdemantl- 4g Quoh &xohenge.ariaee.It 1s the oglnion of ; ,, ;. ;. : We $h%nk the above quotedopinion OOPX'W81y QtatOQ the l&w. be ,ft~l# our ~ogfnionthat your question 6k1oal.& awwuod in tho negative. It-b oar rartlla opblonthat L&book Ooant~,Tosea, is liablefor Judgo.OJmpl~an~s &~~BI~Bo(I. Par~uant $0 your rrqaeab wo 8ro rc)tnrr@3wto Jo0 $b O~~Q~Ond&lO. mll QQlltU8 With rOfOPM@' $0 this UXttQr. ‘f&W trily YCVAZQ APPROVEDMAR 13, 1943 ATTorn aBwlQ7ALOP TmAf3 ti1@g3* BY %t,T* -~. G F TmL4s iQQiQtQQt WJPtmp