Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
fIonorabl0 John C. Urburger
County attortm~, Ir,y0tt0 &untY
La Orange, Texas
Dear Mr. Marburger:
Wo aaknewleQgC roooi Ion raptw*t or resent date aad Quota iron 8aao a8 fo
nal oa8e8 were al80 sot vi1 aam8 88 to k rOT both tho Otirinal At tho ooaoltwioa or Oriritxal Oa808, ',tbr attOTaOy oa- 8T dO8tnd 8 jUl?t $6 oXhoT Of. th0 jury did not aotpially l pp8ar oasoo that had boon 8Ot for a 2m tar the jury aotoillf appetw8d ior il OaS88, but did not appear in the r OQIEBO, th0 dietriot crlerk and tha Other OffiO8r8 inVO1V8d perfornvrd the 8OFviO08 a8 th87 vmro to perform and a8 Mtquested by the attarn8y. required xIWJdiatOly UpOa r808ipt Or tbs jUry i888 in eaohoi &?a8 00808, th8 dirtriot clerk depOSited the68 is88 with the The attorney ha8 now reque8ted tkb ooanty treasurer. di8triet olerk and tlm COd88iOW3r8’ Court or Fay8tt;o ror a rerund 0r the jury fee8 made by him la each County of the two 08800 lnrolred. Bae8a upon the abor8 iaotr, I would appr0olate your opinion on the following qu08- tioa:
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&aorabls John C. Haburger, pugs 2
WfI~ the attorney entitled to a refund Of thf8 ie8 in eltber 0r ths80 Oa888 and 5.r 80 who jury would m&lk8 the refund? Could the Distriot herk make the wuad or hie own *ition or w0uld the Diatriot Judg8 order the rmind aml if 00~ to whem would the order bo directed, or would th, ~~OIYlId68iOlk8r8' OOUd be WlthOri~8ed t0 Blah tbs r8rund?'* w8 aote with favor that you have subqitted also an ex- oollation of the pertinent statutes tending to bear on &u&ire the oollOotioa and dlapoeltlon of 8UOh iOO8, lnaludiag Court ml8 880, hSBrOiSiUit8r O8t OUta
We krllbvs that the only 8peciri0 authority given by law ror a r0f8nd or 8uoh feO8 18 now oontained ia eaid Rule 22C of the T8xas Rule8 of Civil ProOOdur8, (aOt8 19$9, 46th Leg.), whloh proTide aa rOiiOW84
+a on8 party ha8 paid th8 r80 ror a jury trlal, ho 8-1 not bo perm$ttOd to withdraw &uoh oauso fmm th8 jury boket without the ooasont ai tlm partiO8 ad- TOr801y iliter88tOd. If 10 Qermittobj the oourt in it8 say by au order permit bin to wlthdraw al80 dlscrotioa h18 j&WY iO8 do,poit."
Applying tho above Ruilr to tho faot eituatioo pr'esented by you, wo. aro ooa8tratnOd to hold t&it a0 +8ru& aould bo nmd8 under autbrlty 0r 8m in either oa8O .a8 eaoh iOO8 bv8 been d8- QositOd ill the ~OW.Ity %?8a8Ury by th0 nf8triOt ;Ql8rk aUd ths trial ooart no longer has any control over the di8p08itionor 88818.
Truatiug thlr 8atl8faotoril.y anmu8r8 your cpsstloa, wo aro
Toar8 rery truly ATTORWRT OR-L OF TEXAS