OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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Couaty Att0rn.y
Lanpa8asOouaty
Lampasao,Texas
Dear Sir:
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Re: Auth0rit.y of Colrmlaolomm~
C0uS to granta oroaaing
of railroad by privateroad.
lb10 will aoknonl& reooiptor your mguecitof
October 9, 1941, a6 followa:
-Gouldthe Comaisslonere
Courtor La~lpaeas
County,Texan,hrre thr suthoritrto grant and
opena privetsorosslngacro66 a railroad&ero
the railroaddlrldesthe landowaor~sproperty
uponthe raqueetot the lendowmrPm
It is the opinionof'thladeparbirnt th6touoh
authority does not 6xl8t. The CoPmiralonsrr Courtniaylay
out rmd8 on3yI&-M A pub110 aeoerrslty exlntnbut not
tcr the bsneflt of l prltatowty. Sms Dunhp’t~ Rardln
223 8.W. 7ll; Orgy v* Law1886 S.?Z.12C)603;IbseleyYe
Bradford 190 S.01, 624.Tho rightoi omlnentdcamln MI br
rxorolsrd Sor the latabllrhmeat of pub110roadsbut sot
of privet0onea* See Leathorsv. Craig 226 0.3.993.
or not a road
IZhathrr 1 6l prlvatoor publlo '
oars. But
upontho iaotsln oao:3
road or ooureodoporrdr
you halo ollmlaatod the iaot quertlcmllnoo yourroquoat
is lialte4 to 8 prltato oroshqj.
Trustlag that t!.Li6 fully 6n6were your puo6tlcu we are
Very trulyyours
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