OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable H. mD* Striager
gate the neoetraltgSor the itauame of a lloenae
: over 14 -$I under 16 years of age.
to say n&nor
Honorable II. D. Stringer, page 2
&norable il. D. Stringer, page 3
situation invoking the dootrlne of reapon&at
cuperior, *aLId be liable for a minor'8 opera-
tion of a motdr vebii3le siaqly because you g&y
ed h3.c~ ap#LaatioiCfor a dz'lVer#~ lipetiee.
I: mnut ~6ftePate that 8scWon 8 ia meaningleaa
unless tbir aonutrwtlon 28 gtven."
%eo. 7. ApplMatien of minora.
“The Dqt8rtmemt lrM.3 not grankthe 8ppIi-
certlon of any miner under the e;ge of eighteen
(18) yeara for an ~opePa$'or*i#; copeneruial opera-
tor',s,' OF abauiYew*a 3Acer~iae..~Wesa such applf-
aatlon 14~signed by the'fathey bf the epplioant,
5.f’‘the ‘iather ia 2i.@ilg aa& has the custody of the
apjWc&nt, otharvlse by the notheP,or guardian
Honorable X3. D, Stringer, page 4
It is to be observed that House Bill 20, neither in
Section 7 or 8 thereof, nor elsewhere, expressly provides that
the person signing 8n applioation ehall be liable In damages
by reason of haviapr eigned the applloatlon of a minor pursuant
to the requixwuanta of Seation 7. We do not believe that such
arlsee by neeereary iBspllostlon from the negative reclitatlons
in Section 8. There is no lntlmatlon OP suggestion in the title
to House Bill 20 of anp suoh purpose, uhf&, aa you point out,
would represent a *departure in the lav."
A negation In a statute -11 noksupport the positive
thereof when the latter, if it wxild ezP#t ra1.13~
by virtue of the
etatute, iu non-exlrrtent Lo. t&e statute.