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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
?:0ciabecorze2OO~SZ!?t~~
t!Xt COXlfliirZXCtlO~i >;?rOCCXX?-
inf:s'0sinstitutocit3 zx?;uSicate ti:?iFintamsts,
32 any, illthe lnr?c?
tr?be C'XdWXi&, a:ldS~OOU~C a
VrtliCtitle to tha ';tstcupcn WlllChsaid :;i&my
is to be constructa8.
*?ou ail1 fWI a brief attached ~!lichI trust
Will be of so:?e assistanceto you in nrzivin~ at
a deliiilteconclusioo in ttlinxlttor."
Article 667.&a,Vmon*s hmointod Civil Statutes,
authorizes any domiseione,x-~court to acquira any land for
rotd, riC;irt-of-?iay purposes; tkber, earth, stma, flmrel
or other mteriais, nccwssnry or convenientto +iuyrql to
be constructed,rccomtructed, maintaimZ, zi8oned,
strai&toned or~ler@iemC, or laud rot exceediy;one hun-
dred (100) foot in width for stream bed diversion in oon-
neotioa with tho locating,, relooatkg, or cxxtructioa of
a deoi@atod ItGe hi$;I??i,sy by the Sate !;f@.:agComisoiofi,
the sam -my be acquired by purahase or cocdemation by
the oounty com5saion~rs. This statute furthor provides
that tho county in which the state hi&my Is located nay .
payFor the aame,out.of,thecounty road enA brl&e fun&,
or any available oounty,fuud. This stktute further pro-
vidcs that in the event of condemation by the county the
prooedure shall be the sase as set out in Title 52, ktloles
3264 to 3271; inclusive,RevisetiCivil Statutes of Tex5s,
1925.Q
The oase of O*Teofe v. XuIuaspwth
County, 25 S. :'!.
(26) 625, among other things, holaa that the oormlseioners~~
mwct. condemin& land for the mate Ei#may Cominsion uader
Article 6674i1, supra,.dobsnot act L? its o-m bahalf for
county road purposss. In the aaso of Cornooh vs. Colorrldo
County,.I$? s. :.i.(2~1)470, It was bolt?!
that the above ncn-
tioned statutes fully autLorizoU the comlsslonem' oourt
to aot for the Stcte in a can~ezuatlonprocwedingsfor
state hi&Tag purposes.
3.rtiole3271, Vwnonln Annotated Civil Smtutes,
a General statute, provides that the Intorest or ri&t In
land, either public or pAvat%, that is obtained by condem-
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atioa procoedin~s shall not be so construed as to include
the foe siq~le estate, except ::heveGh~~.d.~e provided by
13X?. It is stated in Tex. Zur., Vol. 16, p. 02, (refer-
rinc to thin statute, .Artiole3271) that this ennctzeat:is
for the enmeration of the General rule, obtalnlhg evon'in *
the absence O? statute, that ooadrjrJnatio;lof property for
a public usa'dives~a its omer of no rirht further than
'. is neowssarp for the puxpose for v br) ccy: that conde:mationmy
rctti&
be rcXriXct to Or& ia the cvcnt that the parties !::ive
been
u:x?bleto e:z?e aftia?her:!-?
fide efforts :?eveb+ea.zsdo by
the party sssi~3ed to ac::uiretie l:ad. It fOllo?S timt
proceed1qs brou@ prior t3 the :m~rln~of the effort are
void, as being prcmaturo. (!:alone vs. City of ':adizxville,
24 9. :y;'.
4.83; '?.att
vs. Xudor, 22 3. ':s. 703; .Cle.:antn
vs.
.?t.;corth5 3. F..3. I. Co., 7 2. :;.(2d) .295.)
Tn the caao nf Calvert v. !&ris CountIy, .I,6 ;7. !'.
(28) 375, nzong;ot!xr thin.76,it ms heliith3t in condo-~~tnstioo
g?ooeedings to obtain land for ri&t-of-v;aypurceses, ouly
an easezmit is aoquiroa, cm(?tAl.at
such easermat is all ttat
the law reo_uirecto be mid for, a~& fuxthcr that C,Revalua
of oil ia Condm~cG la& ?ias 30t Rn itm or coxpQnsaticL
In th3'cm30 0,” 'TasterCl1 Corp. vs. i:ilber:mL+
County, et al, 30 C. 3. (2d) 43C, xcon$ othi3r t!lin:;3"lt
WRS held $hst the comiss.icners'ccurt v,as:;fthoutj?~nis-
dictios or Z31LthOAtjr to Cxdc-tn laud for a road, nithout
ax&in,;81i&fort to reach agxmmnt rlth land omer rc:;ard-
.illC
coqmis3tion. It xas further held in this ease that
a holder of.tLe vttlld nizeral lcaso and nssi::axnt in
aotusl pkynicnl posscsoio~, operhting a r.rcducln:; vx.11sad
cooductini;drilliq oyGratiol:n WAS a~ ozmr tiithinthe
hi&my aondcmntiorrstatute.
Zone of tk;edafinitionn of tie xord Hoxxsrn as
fov;odin-Vol. 2, .,.I..'X'.
736, are '3sfollom:
wTl;oword lomar' is used in statutes PQ-
1atlnC to aoxlcmation prooeedin~,s, nay be cm-
strued to apply to every pe?aom kmvirt;my in-
terest in the property to be taken. . . It ez- .
braces not ouly tha oiner of the fee, but a
tonat for life, and a lessee for years, and any
other perscn who has au interest in t!iagroperty
Mish v;illbo affected by the aondomstioz.*
Considering the above mentioned autLoritiss it
would apl>earthat the f311~~~3 to &groe on the exoWt CL’dam-
azos to be paid the omms of the laud lo the coatrollin~
.
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3reOfnnte for iostitatinzconCexnr,tion proceedin<*s,thez-e-
i-ore,if t."aoYn3rs 22d tb3 CO2fZc3.ZlOlT d0 .1c:P66 Upan tb3
.ezouxtof da~x~es th3rc ~:ould. bs co acccesity Por~bri::cin(;
ttla suit. i!OiV6Ver, 1~~3 holsers and ninar.21ou:,?ers rnuid
naceseerily be omers upon x*&o3sarvice zust be bed r&en
thsir riqhts, If my, zust be e&judicatad. ;:'hen no e~ree-
aert cen'be reachsa vritbell tho owaers, it beoolnar; noceosxrg
that cootkznationbs broqht to seoqre proper title to ttie
cor2emor lnoludin;?. all parties who hare an interest in saI.4
lefid. -?greensnt viithoze owner doas not constitute en cgree-
z8r.tpriihall ths omwm. Eowver, thare is no ototute thrit
.prohibi.ts the condo-mar from acquiring tho interest of osa or
more of the omers and proceadinqageinst the other om6rs
where there Is s fnilure to elrae on the mount of coLqensstlon
anU dn-asp3s. dus such owner.
In line %ith the Cslvert csse, supre, xhere e lcene
holder or tinersl o-car woult!not be Uaaege& by virtue of EUCh
eogilred eesanect, than no aword could be ,suee to tbes an.6they
have surfered ao loss. %xmvw, If these prtles vere not
given notioa of such proceedingant!m&3 pert&o thorsto it
nould naturslly appear that ths condemor would not reoeive a
go06 .title.
Ye the'& you for- the brief stib2tted.xithyour
inquiry.
your
Trustfng thet the foraeoiae~Zpll~.anev;srs
inguiry, we am
/rrdoll:'fllie.m
hsslstant
AE:lh
APPROVEDAUG 22, 1941