OFFICE OF THE All’ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Ron. moo wa1t.r
ootint~ Attorney
Taflor 0mtnt7
Abilene, Tuar
Dear Blrt
opitllon #or O-130
Ret Artiolr 20
pinion 100.
iWe6 to a
pidtttitr
ore an uuwer
8tituktI8hti
with any opitl-
a fialll'to~amt
ham been able to
un4 ‘ISI the above mum-
8tatUtM.7 authorit
a8 7Otu #be #a. $.
bmb optnlon, wa8 unable
on thir .quertion.
8Uit Wa8 rild it2 the GOtUtt7 &?@rt
38. ~.Citation dtif iuura on the
the :citatiolrrdelivered to ,Mk*
cord for ‘Plaint$ffi lphir Oa8e War
l*~ib at thi
8 o k et htLugu8ttera 1936
rom.term to tezw l?he rltatlon
hunot been ~rrturnea. ,X0 ,anttwer ha8 been filed
b7 the derandwnt. ib$he 49th'da7 of We, A. D.,
1939, thir 8Ut) m8 teQUO8ted Li88ii88ed b7 th@
Ron. X800 Walter, p8ge 2
attorne7 o? road ?er phintirr, ma hh ro-
qUF8t W?a8 granted and 10 erder entered rimed
b7 the JUdse Uaal88l43 the oa8e.
*The termm o? the a0tint7 Court Or h7lor
huaty beC;ln N the third Honda7 o? Tebruar7,
April, btgu8t, dotobor a&I Deeabmr.
June,
%mh test loatlnulng until the &Wrb7 preeed-
lng the beg5.m~ a? the next tern. The county
emu% o? Wflor Mutt7 is never ln vaoatlon but
i8llnm in8S88iOn. All ears6 ln uhloh olta-
fion h8 been 18med are plaoed on the Judge*8
deoket ?or the om8uin6 turn..
g(l) a done Or mre bw have .pa88ed aa
a0 8enloe had 0a the &O?en&nt and no anuer
rim, em lau8e bo Urri88ed (a8 in raoatlon)
b7 the plalntlrr without pa7lng the ire to the
Qouatf Judge ?or a ?&ml etier o? ai8po8Itlon?
"(2) ti ~8srrioo ha8 been had 611the deten-
I-t, .au the plaUlf?, prior to the beginnIng
a? the tea to whloh oitation 18 returnable, and
boforo anttwer 18 tiled, bisml88 oaullewlthout
pa* Ju6ge1s fee for flnol order?
*()) 1l L;re 8er~bo i8 had on the 4efuident
b utno lotlon taken b7 the plalntlft eat tho tea
to rhleh ritatiea 18 retrirnabla a~& ,110Uuwu
18 tiled br the Ueiendant, 08n the plafatlfr
lub8oquontl7 di8ni88 Wah O&lUe (a8 ill VaOatiOZI)
without paying t&o Judge’8 ree ror flaal order?*
Artialo Mb9, RevlAd Civil Btatuter o? Tua8,
read8 a8 ?olhm8t
We plainti?? JUT, entor a d~rcontlmmn@o
on tho dooht ln raeatloo, In an7 suit *OreIn
the defendant h08 not lnmueil, on tho paplet
of all oortr that kr4 aoaru4d thweoa,*
15 Tom8 ~url8pnadonoo, Dl8ml88al, Dl8oontlnuanoe
atd xon-suit, 8oetion 8, pagO 242-3, read a8 r0lm8t
.**Pho plalntlti ma7 enter a diroontSnuano0
on the doakot fin raeatloq, in any Nit rharoln
Non. BmooUaltu.page 3
h8
tho dleromlaat not.umuod, on the pay-
that
ltttOf ui 008t8 haro loorrtqd thereon.’
"2b18 8tatut0, MO& hi8 bun in lrroat
rlth little m3QiriO@tiCm 8iBOe ~0~7 earl7
tlm8, aIre to the plalatlff, upon payment
or ooot8, an unpualifloa right, if the doton-
&ant im8 not sn8wueQ, to dl8ml88 the suit,
with o ut
lny letlw o f th e& a g e .
No o r a o or
r
wurt I8a eo e88uy. Bui a numferha8 bag rib
sd tho malt ~7 not bo Ql8al88eQ in vacation,
lTN by NtrJ OB the do&et and puy&eBt 0r
l08t8.
WA8 we hare 8Oen in a nlarliu artielo,
the sntry of a Qlnl88al by an lttorno ia
premmed to bo authorlzod. The iollou Iw otx-7
ha8 thoreforo been held t0 be 8ttffi0iUtt Rl-
thou& the 8ktute stak8thnt the 'plelntiti
ma7 ontor l di8o o ntinu u no o ou t&o doaket.‘t
"'OB the da7_ or ~~~~~~ , in vaoatlon.
the defondant8y , tlOt-hatiagUI8W85.d
heroin, the plcifatirf8 '. antOr th18
their di8CNt~uaBOe l1- -- ---_
Nit; all 008t8 that hive SCCtied havh& boen
#a14 b7 plaintiff8~
~Itty8. ior Pla5ntitr 8. m"
lb turn Vacation* ha8 born aeflnrd In uttty
rhmmrr by t&o courts. WO QUOtO tror 66 COrpP8 J-18, 8*0-
ti0n 5~.pag08 3934, a8 r0ii0-:
*It ha8 boen raiC%hat the word do88 twt
harr a fixed ud dofinlto, 6~ a well 88Oor-
talaed, rlxeQ,81ngle, pnraryl~, teohnioal
retmlq, but that, when Qatermlniag tha mean-
lng of the worQ la lyl8lation rrlatlng to the
OOUd8, lln8t dopendr UPOB tho pW&JOH, ~8OOpe,
8ubjWt matter, aid the noeu81tyir ,Or the mar-
routl~ OLfOUUtUiOO8,’ Of the law in rhioh the *orb
18 U8Od.... Iu lb loeal.or rtrlot toohnloal
Ron. Zsoo Waltor, pge 4
8utse, and in re1atl.q 'Sooo~rt8, tharora
hum bout 6@ fiM Q l8 meaning Ul tho the,
or th8t pedbd 0r time, brtWooa t&e ud as
one term NQ the byltmlag of amthar; the
Interim eoemeacl~ lmeQlaxl7 af&r oao
toa and onding at the wauenolllg of tho
next; the time bctw8on trrr. %tt. wrd ha8
boon do8crlbed a8 tho 00rrOlatlre0r %arr*;
md it ha8 been sea that a8 c eenoral rule,
raoatlon lb8oaoo or power; aa oper-
Imp o r t8
ate8 a8 a ampenmion o? Ul ooatentlour
b~8lzm81 lxoopt a8 ragarQ8 lafunotlcm8 ad
mnttu-8 of orpno7.w
We aall Jour ltteatloa to tho oa88 o? Amou8i ~8.
8twu8, 83 m u04-5, rhOrO$n the ?bl~Orr$t#&1Uu&Ue&e 18
u8ea I
*a (Uaaoruorlwj 01~8)
Wo call 7our lttantlonto the oa8e 0r cOmaiU8
z.,ftgl7, 24 sw (26) 759, wham thr following luquuge
:
~laintlfr aid not unilcrtako to ahal th8
oa8o Sn vacation and baforo amearanoe aax as
ho might ha~e don0 u&u R. 8. 1925 Art 2089,
without an order or oourt. The motion tb ai8-
rlu u88 made lftu 8 part 0r the defUIdUtIt8
utmwu~a and aftor a~uranco day. m NbQU-
8eOriB43 OUl-8) (In this oa8e the tforendmt wa8
oltad to app ar)
t’h8 Oa8. Of Cl’.ftOB ~UoUttila a0. V8. First
llatlohalBank ot MequIt I, ~(Tex.CIT. App.) 283 SW 205
ho&t8 that S di8=18ti Of S 6WBi8hMtlt Nit prior to
term to whloh writ -8 raturnabloWa8 di8miutIl in
vmatlon. We quote rm8 8aia oa8s a8 ?ollort
"'fhd flr8t pmpO8itiOB 18 that th.
Eon. E80ODWalter, pace 5
diNi88dl ma8 at a prior km or the eeurt
a ndthat th e8ue lcmld not bo 8at a8ido.
except in a nlqsltablo letlon brought ?er
that JUQO80. ?he rWOl'6 do08 BOt dir01080
whether the o-at7 otmrt a? &8quo Wunt7
-8 in 8088iOn,OB SeptMbU lsth, 1925, or not.
The writ of garnl8hat la thl8 oa8e war mad0
nturruble on the 19th da7 Of Ootibor, 1925,
ud. rwlt-ed that uld 4ute ra8 the beginning
U? tile
MXt H@lbY tO= Of.:S8id OOUrt. Th*
d1mmimm.Iandeirmmmiderittlon~rar -tihan?~
H tU thi8 .dU8e St :lS&8t WdfUlli.8861 by Ulti'J
on the dooket Sn vaoatlont ,a8 authorized
Berl8eQ oiril5tatuter 1925. Art . 2669 8
'brln6 aa a poemmae la8e t 0 8alQ Ootobk %ea?m
wthlnk tg 0 rotion to set 8ala di8ni88a *r&e
-6 rollutate the oa80 00da bo proper17 h*~q
rt moh term.” ~WnQ~r8eorlng our81 !
0~ Novuber hth, 1927, thir dopurttmnt fa an
pimlowaitt~n~~7 Boa:.& eraQ7 QhandlOr,ti818hnt
AtttorQO7IkXie~1, daTO88~6 t0 EOlL&t Benton, pIi88Od
;p,; quo8tion 8imilu to the pue?tion rai8ad in 7mr
. Wo quete ?r0m thlr opinion as ?eUew8t
7611 are ,8dVi806 that Artlolo 2069:prw
~~
.Tid@8for ~dlsoontlauanor-e? U-.miD WB ~th. hokot
.Sr.~Oab$oni---~nd~ thi8 statuto, ti. piutttirr
pa7 all W&t8 ao0ruoa up-t0 thbtlmr. "In moh
0a8.8, It 18 not nroe88ary for the judge to make
any ardor ma, therefore, tho 0a8e 18 not rimw7
di8pO806 Of bJ th0 jUdg0, anb, Of OOUr8e, h0 18
not ditha to any r0c _
*Therefore, 70~ am adti8Od that 18.7lottor 0r
Jane uth, 1927, intend06 to app17 onl7 to 0a808
that were aid88ed at a tom of the court br
the Judge, ma war not intend06 to appl7,to oa8e8
dbf!i8SOQ under Art1010 2089.'~ or oour8e, after
a term 0? wurt op8IU, the plaiatit? doe8 crat
hare authorit to dim188 b7 rirtuo o? &tfolo 2069,
t,tt. oare oan ati bo di8IUi88ed by the jUdt30, and it
Hon. Bmo Walter, pege 6
i8 in Aleh la 89 8thnt. bb& judge uhere he
lotually entored -the sr(ik dhai88* Uu
oare that ho 18 lntith a .t0 r r o el~ r roe
the
prorlded for b7 Art1010 2936." (Und~r8wriag
0-h)
We anolo8e horowlth a 00~7 of Opinion No. 0-u
Of a8 bpUrtYM&Lt.,
Th*.autborltlesupen the80 que8tlon8are meager.
We hare hat lon8lQorable-~Ql?flouft7 in aa8wwlag tb8@
QU08tiOB8T meTor, .it %# -the opinion ot-th18 dopartmmt
thSt i) *a8 a8 iBt@BtiN Of tb &@&81&W. ill pU8i.B&
Artid@ 2069, ,8QpX-l!, to PXVTidO s 8-10, rrpeditieur SBQ
inexpenrlro mthoU whereby l~plalntl??am16 Qlaml88 hi8
8alt ua4a -thelonQitlos8 outlined by rid art1010 without
the aeoor8lt~ of 8oNrlng 8 $udgreat.ot di@88al rr0r the
ONrt. owe feel that thi8 8tatuto euld,bo -tmaa An
Nob -U U to aiT0 l ?$OOt to 8 0 OTibBt intOBth Of,
theLyiUatuz%
We ire thor~rora of the opinion that wur flr8t
and 8UfXid guertleB8 rhould be ranrend ir tbr. l?firaatite~
With rdorenoo to foor %hlr&quo8tluzi, m&or
the faOt8 rtatod thOrOin* rou m IW8putidL~J:abTi8~
thet during tam time the dirrml88almut bo nadr by the
Ooomtr Judge and that thr d,l8oontimunoo on the deokot
b7 pbintur may be made at mob tfm, it aIlL, 58 I.8 not
ltm time? of~.tho00urt.
-8ti.Bg that thfm 8ati8?UOtori.l7 unffW8 pm
&+ry~ wb are
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