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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
IQ.‘. 060. A. Hlght
Chief Aoaountant
Board of Oounty and Dlstrlot Iso84 In
Aua tin, Texas
Dear Sirr
V Boar& County oI$d;;t;dny ) I) t&tL trlot #18 l llglble on on authority 0r rdsr entered by the ommlrrlon January your letter 0r ;~anu~~ 87, roqu*,rtlng
our opinion a~ *pm tuao order the road tone County, een be pad8 fundr sllooated to the the ra- ror fndrbtadmrr County Boa& Dlrtrlot No. 18 leeuoil 5&s Bond* date4 July 15, 1919 ana d proaeedr in the aonetruotlon of a art to Ben Hur, to Ckror8be0k. After the oompletlon of the road various lntararted group8 appeared barore the Highway Corrmlrllloa rr0a1 .rhe in an 0rr0rt to ham th0 road time de8lglutrd. * 1933 the Highmy Comml8don p68-
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State Hi&way Ho. 164 WAuRuat 14, 1933 - Ulnuta 7991 In MoLennan and hneatono Countlea it la ordered by tha aom- miaalon applioatlon ror daafgnatfon rmm that Oroeabeok to Mart be granted on oondltion that oountlea affected will furnish not leas than loo* right-of-way on looatlon be approved by tha State Highway Engineer, and on further condition that MoLennan County will coat, on the approved oonatruot, at its own
looatlon, a 20’ road rrom Hy.#6 to the Limeatone County line, and with tha further understanding that the Hwy. Dept. will make the looatlon to Oroesbaok but will not oon- atruat aaid road until funds are availabla.
“‘In oomplianoe with the above Minute, the en- gineering ataff or tha Hw. Dept. looataa a road rrom Mart to Groesbeok on an entirely new looa- tlon and requested the County to furnish deed8 to the right-of-way, whfoh they did, end the High- way Dept. prooeaded wlth the oonatruotlon or the base and drainage etruoturss.
*i7’ollowing the anaotmant or House Bill 688 Lime- atone County riled e olEilm ror expense lnourred in the aonatruotlon of the old looatlon which ran rrom Mart to Ben Hur, to Oroaabaok. This olaim uaa da- riled on the grounds the old looatlon waa not a designated Highway. The County than aeoured letters from Mr. D. K. Martin end Ur. John Wood, members or the Highway Commlasion at the tlma Minute No. 7997 was paaaed, (ooplea attached), and other supporting data whloh they presentad to the Highway Commiaalon in the applloetlon for a Nuno Pro Tuno order.
*On January 13, 1941 applloatlon for Nun0 Pro ‘pun0 order waa heard and the following order was paaaed aa date:
Mr. 000. Right, page 83
” lWITEXEAS, Honorable Carl Cannon, County Judge, Limestone County, Soott Reed, 2. L. Connally, end Wesa Popejog, Preolnot No. 3, ‘County Ooxnlasloner, Llnestone County, appearing of Llmeetoru in behalf County, represent to this Cornmlaalon that on August 14, 1933, the old road rxtendlng rrom Kart to GWa- beok rle Ben Hut in Llmeatone County, was by Klnuta No. 7997 designated as e highway on the road 8Jrstam or the State1 and
* WHEREAS, It la further represents& to this Com- mlaalon that direction, warning, and other signs.: ” and amrkara wera ereoted and maintained upon the said highway by the Nlghwey Departmant; and
* WRZ%AS, in a letter rrom Honorable John Wood, Chairman or ths Hlgbway Commlaalon la 1933, to Hon- orable Carl Cannon, dated June 21, 1940, Kr. Xood t&it it was hla lntantion end the t ho felt states sure it was the intention or all Llembera or the Highway Commlaalon to d68lgnata the old mad rmm Mart Grocabeok via Ben Hur at the tlma Allnute No. 7997 was parsed; and
* WHEREAS Honorable D. iC. Kartln who was a r*mbar or ths @al& ~oxulaalon et that l&a time, letter Honorable W.A,Keellng, dated Cotober 21, 1940, stated in the passage or Llinute Nor 7997 on AUuguSt 14, the old road rrom 1933, it waa hi8 intention Mart to Groesbeok via Ban Hur be da@lgnatOd es a state Highway; and
” -yiiE;mAs, it rurthar appears that Unute No. 7997, parsed by the Comutlaslon on Au&uSt 14, 1933, mar hare been oonatrued by the Highway Departsmnt to bs tha designation of a new highmy on a new looatlon between &art and Grossbeck and not as a deslgnatlon Or the then axlatlng road; and
Yrr Gao. Bight, pegs #4
a WEFXAS, alno 8 such time the right a or no lntsrrsnad; other part108 hare
* TEEREFORE, to oorraot auoh error so that reoorde of this body my olcarly the reflect truth or the matters lnrolr8d;
)1 IT IS ORDERrsD TFiAT it was the d8olarad ln- tentlon and purpose of the Commlaslon as then constituted, by the piaaage or Ulnute No. 7997 on August 14, 1933, to d88lgnatO tha old road from Xart to Groeabeok vie Ben Hur as a pnrt of the State Highway System;
w BE IT FURTXUi CiRDERED THAT Such intention dealgnatlon or auoh mad by passage or yinuta No. 7997, and this order deolarlng auoh intention, ba entered upon the minutsa ci this Commission, nuno pro tuna, as of AuguSt 14, 1933, end es so enterad shall be as erfaotlvs aa it thla olerlrloatlon end expreaalon of intention had actually been enterad on Nob mlnutea on data lsst mentlonrd abora.
* I, Ii. L. Wlglnton, Seoratary oi the State of Texas do hereby oartlfy Highway Comlealon the above aad rorrgolng la a true and oor- raot oopy or Unute:’ parsed on January 13, 1941, as the same appsara or record in the r8oozda or Orrlalal Mnutea or the Stata Highway Comlaalon of Tfgxaa.
c Witness my hand end orflolal thlr 14th real day or Januery, 1941.
(signed) M.L.Wlglnton,Seoretary Texas Highway COsarA88lOn’ *5 410 Mr. Gee. Hi&t, page 85
* Please advise this Board whether or not under the pxuvlalona of House Bill 688 and the authority or the above Nuno Pro Tuna order LlmStona County Road Dlstrlot No. 18 Bonds dated July lb, 1919 are rllglble ror participation.*
The authorities of this jurlsdlotlon end those or other States present a solid rront uniformity as to the orfiae or a nuno pro tuna order. Of oourae the authorltlaa olted refer hereinaSter to oourts, but we know or no raaaon why the spplloatlon to oourta should be any more reatrlotad than to boards or oommlaalona created by statute. In the lnatant nattcr we think the rules and authorltlea goorornlng the ofSloe OS a nuno pro tuna order are equally as epplloabla to Highrmy Comtulaalon as to the judlolary. Literally, “nun0 pro tuna* means now for then. Its m-m
orfloe is not to make an order now ror then but to enter now ror then an order Fravloualy In the case of Gulf Colo- m&e. rado E Santa Fe Ry. CO., v. Rarity, 285 S. K. 296, oourt Sal&t
“An entry *nun0 pro tuna’ preauppoaaa a judgment actually rendered by the oourt but not 8ntsrad by the clerk.’
A nuno pro tuna entry 1s one nade now of something es of whloh was aotually previously done, to have effeot rormbr tla ta Its orrloe la not to supply omlttad aotlon by the oourt but supply an omission sotually had but omitted through inadvertence or mistake. The following oaaea Unl- Perkim Y. Hay@erd, 31 K.E. iormly announce thio principle: 6701 Sern v, Sample, 206 N. $7, 832; Marker Y. Glllam, 196 Pao. 126; Cannon Y. Oklahoma Engraving k Printing CO., Pao. 300.
A nun0 pro tune entry oan only be ma8 upon ma-08 f~nl@hed by the papers end filed. ln the oeu88, 8omethltU.X
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Mr. Gee. A. Hi&d, pge #4
or reaord, or in the minute book or judgecn dooket, na a notcr prooeedlngr be810 to emend by. The rteno~apher*a a paper on file in an aotion 40 not constitute in the oau8e which oan be mad6 the bar18 or an amendment or a judgw?mt nun0 pro tuno. See cam of Beoher v* Deu8e1, 49 S. c'. 34Sr &fK E E Ry. Co, tr HOl8OhLeg, 45 8. W. 1lOl;~Young 7. Young, 45 s. W. 1014.
In the recent oaee of Arrlngton et al '1. EoDenlel et al., B5 S. W. (Bd) 295, by the COlCIEiB8iOll of Appeal8, Seo- tion A, oplnlon adopted by the Suprbme Court of the State of Tax88, we find this statement:
WA nune pro tuno order attempting to oorreot or amend a judiolsl ni8take and not a mere olerl- oal error or mi8take in entry of Judgment would br unauthorltid and beyond power oi court enter.a
This 8ame prlnolple rinds approval in the Oe8e8 or Burnri4e t* Wand, 71 S. ii. 557; Wllmerrblng V. Corbla Banking co. ) es so. 440.
The purpoee of a nuno pro tuna entry or order an4 i8 oorrsotly it8 only legltlmate etldenoe UpOn rumti0n reoord ot the eeurt a judgment, deoree or order eotually made by it, but Milch ror come reaeon ha8 not been intered of reoord at the proper time. The Blnmgan Brown Compenp V. 19Z 9. W, e44, and tfueginr v. Johnrton, ;;ybar, 4 8. W. (S4) A oarerul etudg 0r the aotlon the Hlghwaf Coamlr- 8ibn On AUgU8t 14, 1933, wherein ihUt 87997 w88 adopted an4 rtepr taken pursuent to that b;lnute, when taken in o~~eo- tion with the notion of the Highway Comciaaion on January 13, 1941, wherein said nuno pro tuna order was adopted, leed8 U8 laid order 18 an attrmpt to the oonoluelon to oorreot or omen4 Mnute 87997, adbpted on duguust 14, 1933, and under the authority ot the oe8e above quoted, Arrlngton et al to &oDenlel, es S. W. (e4) 895, 8uoh order would be lnerreotlre to aaooqli8h it8 objeot.
Xr. Gee. A. Hlght, page #O
Your attention to that portion of th8 i8 direoted nun0 pro two order whloh reta a8 rOlhW8l
*ft le ordered tbt it wae the declared In- tention end purpoee Or the Commle8lon (I8 then OOn8tltuttd bg the passage cb Mnute #7997 on August 14, 1933, to designate the old road tmm Mart Oroesbeck via Ben Hur as a prt or the State Hlghwag Sgstem;m
We do not think the above quote4 portion or 8al4 nun0 pro tuna order aurrlolent to teke it out or the above olted authorities. It oleerly appears from a readlna or tinUte 17997, eitd the letter8 of the lOrmr Comls8loner8, at the beat they only intended to derrignate said roe4 that a8 a State Highway, but there 18 no finding to the erfeot t&t Bald road aotuellg was deelgnated end t&it through error the Wnute did not BO rerleot.
The rtepr teken by the englnbsrlng 8tarr or the High- rray Departmnt pursuant to Mnute #799'P, a8 well e8 thO8e taken by the county in furnishing deed8 to the right-of-way ,on en entirely different looatlon Ieem plainly oppO8e4 to the oonolurrlon that Minute .#7997 dl4 not repreeent the jud@nent end order or the Coacnl88lon et thet time. An enomelou8 8ltue- tion would have been presented had the Coinmlraion dt8i&!ltttd road from Gfleebeok tla Ben HUr to Mert a8 a State Blgh- my, and then prooeede& to expend large 8uum of money on another looetlon in oonatruoting a bare and drelneqe 8taO- ture rollowlnd the oounty'8 ruanlshlng to the State de448 the right-of-war on the new looetion. The action of the county in rurnlehlng the deeds to the right-or-way on the looatlon seleoted and approved by the State Highway Engineer pur8uent to V.nute #7997 justlrles aonoluelon thet the oounty lnter- preted thin order of the iiighwey Commlaslon to menn nothing nmre nor lees than that the highway whioh they had sought wall to be the one conatruoted on right-of-way furnished by it. fn Other worda, we must aonolude that the order entered by the COEUd88iOn - that la, Minute #7997 - oleerly reprerented judgment the comnl88lon at time snd an lnt6ntlon to have done otherwise oennot oonetitute the bael8 Of an arand- ment to be entered et this time nun0 pro tune.
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kr. Geo. A. Bight, page #g
Replying to your quesltion, we sdvlae that In our opinion Limestone County Road Dlsttriot #18 bond8, dated July 13, 1919, the prooeed8 or vhloh were expended in the ootmtruotlon or the old ma4 running from Groerrbeok Yie Ben Bur to Lart are not eligible ior pertlol~tlon in the fun48 eoorulng to the Bcmrd of County and Dlstrlot Road Indebtednear, under the prorlrlonr of H. 8. 488. Of oour8e we reaoh tblr oonolusloa by reelon of our determination nuno pro tuna order entered by the Highrmg Commleelon on January 13, 1941, 18 inefrectuel and oannot legally eaoom- pll8h en amendment of Einute #7997 adopted by the Highway Commi88lon on August 14, 1933.
Your attention 18 relrpeotfully dlreoted to our opln- ion Nmber 0-194e, addressed to Mr. 0. Hlght, Chief AO- oountant, Board cf County and Dl8trlot Roe4 Indebtedne88, it we8 oonaluded that no road oould becom a pert wherein or the State Highwey System until sme hRd betn formlly taken over for malntemnoe purposee by the Highwar Depart- ment, and t&et until suoh event the Boerd was not euthor- to make the bon48 Ireus ellglble lae4 thereror ror pertl- olpetlon in the funde eoorulng to the Bomb. AOOOrdlngl~, it mu8t be eel6 that even e8eumlng the nun0 pro tuna order above mentioned oould effeotlvely amend the prlglnel tinute8, eeoertefn Board would be under the duty the date OB whloh euch road of-flolnlly end formally beoene e part of the State Alghvay System before the bond8 could be mde ellglblo for partlclpatlon, under the term8 of H, B. 400.
Truetlng loregodng fully anewem your ln- qulry, we are
Very truly your8 APPROVEOm 26, 1941
A?T@RNP Y o;:XLF4L CT TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Clarenoe E. Crowe