Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

468 OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Bon. Ralph L. Suell, Chief Csrtlfioate of Title seotlon riepartment or TublIe sarety Auatln, Texas Dear sir: fn which you request an o proper action to be takan 0r Title or the Klttre11 the motor rehiolo it purebased froa t ter the 0orsplete ril6 or qorreepondenc ots a@ we hare thenr boforr u6 rho 0 motor rehicla in ror his loss and the ln- er any aalvago by virtue 0r OS oh oorered the motor vehiole. ary 3, 1940 Klttrell .iutoCoxpany purohassd u from the oily ot Dallas. On Fabruary 6, rd Insurrtnoe Company of m&York aotiiiod the city or Dallar of tts claim to the rotor vehiols in qwstion. On the 7th of Pebruary Jams 3'. ?&ton, oity nanager of'Dalla6, exeouted a bill oi sale to the Kittrell Auto Conpany. On T,@Oh 7, 1040, the tollowIng order wild entered by the City Council of the Olty Of Dall_cia: Ron. Ralph L. Btiell, Chief, 3~6 2 *Claim ot Standard Insurvnoe Company of ?lew York, through C-eorge Z. ~smay, for the return oi a 1934 Ford Tudor Sedan aold by the City at public auot1on on ysbruary 3, 1940, was reported upon by the City :!anacer, and It was mved, seconded and carried that the claim be denied.” AU the abow lnforrnatlon h.zs been furnIshed your a6p+3TtCW~t. You have also been furnished with an affidavit s&ned by or. J$oksoa, to the eireot that st no tiae did he ever have notIce oi the car having been reoovered by the City of Dallas, nor has he ever been asked for the payment or uny storage oharges against the aar. iJ%r.Jackson further states that he reported the theft to the City ~011~s an& also to the county authorities. The application for Certifioate OS Title is avf- dently .aedaby the tittrell Auto Company under the authority oi SUCtion 36 of Artiale 1436-1 of +JBmon@~ ,;ncotatcd Fenal Code, coznonly oalled “The Cartificatti of Title .