Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

453 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN Q- c. MANN *-M- Honorable fa!mm B. Kilday, rotor Transportation Divlrlon Railroad Conmirrioa of Taxar Austin, Tsar h the orntral point In ontgomerp VarQ k Company, a to lraea on4 oparata a traneportation of ita oataloguae rraa such oentrol point to rvrry poet ofiior within thr Qfetriotr At raoh of thr post ofiioaa within @ dttriot, Montgomery Yard L Company, Iao,, wlll~uail aatalogtmr to. thr mr- Bonoreble Jams B. Kllday, psgr 2 8On8 within the eree eerrrd by each poet offloe without any charge being made to the persons to whom tha ooteloeues will be mailed. Thr trucks uasd In delloer- lne the oatalogues within a dietriot will be operated by drlters who ora In the em- ploy end under the eole aupervlelon of ?UontgomeryWard & Company, Inc. A oopy of the lease egrssmsnt to be executed by )lontgomery Ward & Company, Ino., and the OWner8 Of thr'truoke used In the80 d8- llY8rle8 18 herrto attaohed. *Be are elao attaching hsr8to a copy Of the emplO~e~t OOntraOt t0 be ~8ed by Montgomery VJerd&.Compeny, Ino., In hlr- 1% drivers to operate truokr ullrd in the aborr darorlbed de.llYrrls8. Va reepaotfully eubmlt to th8 At- tarnay Censrel'ior an opinion and a rul- lng thereon the following queetlon of lerr *Aaeumlng that Montgomery W&d k Company (1) Use8 the laaaad truck8 for doliterlng oataloguse, and (2) doe8 not use the i0.9.90a truoks for any purpose for whloh it make-8any ohargr agalnat anyone, u&or euoh conditions, and In oompllenoe with the tarma of the truok lease hereto attached, ~111 the opera- tion of euoh leaeed.truOks oonatltute an operation or thr.lenaad truoks for coapen8atIon and hlrr within the meen- lllgor the T8raq motor Carrier8 Aot9* The propoasd learr iorm read8;ln part, a8 follow8n Vhe Owner hereby leases to'the Leaerr the rollowing truck with motor sad rrrlal maabare a8 fOiiOW8t' lGske or Tfuok~ Motor No: Ssilal nor . Ronoreblo ftme8 & Kllday, peer ) to be used by thr Lesaer in the delivery of ootalo&a owued by Lessee iron Texee, to all point8 bnd places e-upon the routs sheet.8furnished by Laease et- teohed hereto, end ele.nedby both pert168 hereto for the purpoee or Identlflontlon. This lease shell be in foroe for euoh period (18my be reasonably neoeeeerf for the Le8ner to ooiiplrtrsuch driirery, ooiimsnolngon or about 1940, and terainrrtlng upon the return or said truck to tha Ovmar’r *L6seee agree8 to pay Owner a8 rrntal for tha Il8a Of said traOl;the 8U& Oi ($ 1 Doller8 may, said truck to be lrased a mlnimm period or on6 day, but not to exceed tan days. For each partial day's usa by Lames or aald truok in exce6~ of one day, said rental shell be prorated. It le undaretood that the rentel'3e paid only for th.aute of mid truok, end that L8esee will furnI8h end paf ror all geeollnr, oil and grease required for the operation or 8aId truok during the period orthi8 lee80: *During the term of thI8 lease, Lresee 8han haw complete and rull oontrol, po8ee88lon and use ot said truok in’the 8am6 manner a# If teaaeo were the owner therrof.~ It Is undat- atood and egreed,thet es14 truck shall be oparnted only by drirers who are employed and and the said QrlYera shall br paid by LeII'eee, uqdar the eole oontrol and supertlrlon of Leeaee, and Owner shell zieltheraxsrolse nor attempt to lreroler any oontrol or suportlslon M;;80eYor of,8u~oh,,~it4r8 or the leasrd aqaip- . c BoBorsbl4 J43448)L.xiid6y, pagr & proprrty damagea 8UffOr4d by third par8OM a8 a result 0r the operation by Lo8444 of raid truok. Wwner atjreesend werrenta that said truok la in good condition and repair, ire4 from all neohenioel dafsota, end 8uitebla foF Lessee's uao in the delivery of oatalog4 as 4rore4aid. her further agree8 that 8afd tmok Is duly lloenaed end rsglstered ea requlrcd by any applicable law or oity ordInnnoe, and that all reglrtratlon fee4 end state and oltf 1104n84 tax44 raqulr44 far the operation or th4 truck have been paid. *Ovn8r and L48aee agree and understand that thi8 lnetrument oontsin8 the entire oontraot of the parties with rrforenoe to th4 lea44 and operation of the eala truok h4reInberore 4080rib4a.fl X8 are uneble to arrive at the legal efreot or the heretofors quoted lee80 foI?nas‘ to Ite general applIeetlon. It could well be that the operation or e truok under the eel4 leeae form in one inatenor would have the sffeot of renderIn& the Uotor Carrier Lew inapplloable, while in another instanoo end under thr same lee88 form, th4 operation of th4 truok w@Uld be ~eubjcot to the prml4Ions of the Motor CarrIm Low. In any event, St would be necessary to,eaoertaia the faOt8 end olroamatenoas leeding to thr meking or eeoh particular leee4, a8 well a8 the fact8 and olroumetenorr relating to the,operatlon,thereundar in order~.todeter- nln4 wh4ther or not the Motor Carrier Law I8'epplloable thrreto. In thl8 oonn4otlon 864 AIId4r80aB Oleyt0n and Company 18. State, 62 9. N..f~d) 107 an4 82 6. IV..(2d) O-1855, 94l. w4 call yo0.r att4ntlon t0 our oplnlona No86 O-1221, o-1401 and whloh are in:lOOOr 4with oar holding hart. 4 Vo are, thardora, unsbla to pasa apon the question of whether or not the opsrstlon of said lraaod tNaka will COn8tltUt@ an oparatioa Of the lrasod traakr for compensation and hire nit&in thr moaalng of tha Toras Motor Carrier Lau. ‘loam rorf truly ATToRRrn asrnmu OB TExA3 A8818tant -iR. Lads AF'PROVED~ 2, 1940 . APPR n OPINION =OY? .r -