OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
your r.Qu8.4 ror
811oplnlon rr08 this d, pwrt oar oplnioa
with r8s8ronoo 40 loa ot the ooasrir-
lmsr 8 r o ur otf llbqloat trr loa.
treat luo uto bd a aoanfy rnd Jo8 L.
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wHM3V30~, Court ~88 aUly opwd b7 pro-
olamtion of the Shariif of Upton CowGy, Teas.
“B;ViI6h by Comla8ionsr Carll dalf reeonde4
by Com!nluicaerYutu, t&et t&e follewl~ ortIer
8a mloptadt
"l%AT( iitiii&ks,
tfpt0ncoanty, TOxm, for
ltull 8nd h khalf Or the Stat. of T8xw hero-
by t6rmiaat.utlm oontmot 02 eontr8oW enterM
intO by ad b.twWn VptaNlCot&y, Tex88 Sad 8hb
8t8h Of Tenr cmd Joa L. May8 fOT th# aollae
tioa ef 6olsnqwn~ tQPI8. 5ui4 aontrmot kar-
iqddati Of Januwy18%,lt418nd TWO~~& fn
?&ok a, pbm S68 bb baq in thr Pinttts8 of th8
aodBiionu8 court Qi Upton aorurbp,Tftxbl,. And
th8t I00 L, Map b8 aotiiibd imedirtm&t tb8t
hi8 WFV10.8 08 th0 tBttQT11bJ
ikl OOBlL66tiOn With
the dOlh8tiQItOf d.liBqWBt tcrX.8 for r?ptOn
aouaty, Toxao, 8nd the stnto of nxas era harbby
WlTaiMtbd, 6114that imy 8UthOFitr th8t ho ha8
by Vtrbur,OS 8eLd tiOntr484W:%hCptbIh COut~ty8ad
Ph. utntb of Tex8r is hemby tetsirutbd aa4 rb-
v ok& Thsltthe folloain(; be wtiflb4 of tb
aotlon Of the Coart i?mrudi8lilI 306 3..by8,
tbe kttornby Can*r*l,Compt*ol I or of the State
OS TeB8, County UI& Di8tSiO8 Clerk aad k88e8-
80r and Uolleator of UptQriOouafyr
*Yaws an4 Corll rot* 4-8.
Carrlb WehAg Imy.
‘I8 In 80 ordub&
“Xotlon by Co8alr&loaerCull duly 66Qondod
by COlUS188;O~~TY8t.8 t&Et ~Surt rb8bb8 Wlttl
Juw 8th. 1941bat 1.0~00A.&
xonorrblo Ceorcr !?,:;hbppard,Page 3
Ey T. Y:lndhaa
l%;uty*
A part of prsgraph naabarrd IS, on pS@ 6 oi
the dOiinqU8nt tax oontraot exeoutsd by a.4 bbtwebnthe
oomls8lonsr8’ aour of Upton county and 2. Joa L. x8y8
read8 a8 follower
The Codsrlonerr~ Goart and
the L;kti Eo&troller 8hrll h8ls the right
t0 SOOIIU tWl¶iinEd thi8 OOntr8Ot fOl' OIlWe
girin thirty (30) d8y8’ wdttbn nOti Oi
suoh f ntantton, 181th 8 8t8teaUt of tho
oeus8 or reaaon for suoh trrnlnatlon, situ
&itiKig~OOO~d i'srfy 8 r888OMbl8 OpgOrtUlM
lty oi Q@nlning or r8otliying the 81130.
In oau8 of suoh tamlxmtion, Sooond r’arty
shall be entitled to reoolm and r8trln all
oonpenratlon due up to th8 dst8 of S81d ter-
Ellnstion.*
IIomreble George i-!. :jhoppard, Ago 4
i% think tb qMS8iOBS 8Ubtittsd by pop, FJ~U fully
on8mirod in the oeee oi Hune TS. Zuehl, et al (Ct. of Cit.
APQ.) ll9 3.i”. (sd) 905, writ ar error mfuaed. 31 thz8
da80 there wee a delinquen% tar oontreot, evidently Ident;-
081 ,with the oae tm35sr oormidoratlon, eraoutad b7 the mm-
aieelonsre~ oourt oi :!arorlokCounty with Ilrlrld 2. Fuse,
ahloh ooatrsot was duly spprored bl both the Coqtroller
sad the xttornmy cenarral oi Tcxea. DurLig tSe offeotIve
dot0 0r the eontreot the oozixdeslonere~ oourt oanoollsd
the oontraot 836 eowht themby to tsz?zfnnte th elsr vfo o e
o r a r ie. liuaebrought on setion Ior a tezporsrr in¬ion
to ,:rerenttts canosllution of his oontrsot snd 1~ artlra-
tire roller to aomeild the dletrlot clerk to ill@ all tsr
mite tondered to hka znd ta lurtbor require that the tax
oolleotor sooapt all ppofnt of tares teadered to hi??,ir-
3US r4OSiptS ttmeror and jmy to 3l3a all oomsiselone dca
hira under tC0 ooritmot. !Wn fcrtker nllered tbt UXI cozw
~~selonsret oourt bid not ha14 good oauso 1w terzi~stl~
3ie oontraot but that It ‘was temlneted for a very lqro-
par onuae. The trlel oourt rciueed to pant the te!Eprsry
In&motion er.d upon o;?peal the Court of :lvll ~?pale said!
It le olear rros the rooord that
bea e oontrsot for personal asrricee the Cos-
sleslonors~ Cow8 had thr power to osnoel tha
oontraot, even *~rongl?ullp, being anewerable
onlly i.n d~31~~iaeior mob rronp,ful oonauot u
3ny. in this I;orition, 30 think the trlei
jodse xae oorrsot. The rulr le ml1 stated in
7 C.J&, Attorney and Client, page 940, 1 109,
OS r0ilot48t
“t?!ho reletlon or lieploynidat of en etto*
ney zey el~eye ba tarzi1aated 8y egrement with
his olleat, end, baoawe Of the pOOUliar n8td~S
of the mlatlcn or attorney end ollmt, the 1~
eoee aton rwthar end gersite the tatinetion
thereof in e mnner not reoognlzed *with reepeot
to other oontreote. .Zithor party 38~ diesolve
the relation for 06~44; end the oliant has the
abeolutr richht to dleokarge the attorney and
to-ate the relation at any ti,ca OVWI **lthout
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