Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Honorable Uarren l&Donald
county Attorney
mth county
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Your ruaent intoa of fht8 dspsyt- rant on the querti ted ha8 buen ruaelved.
oner8* Court nbde c cQmp8uy to px%int lathe dullnquent , and ocmtW other o*euel contract, eta.
t oontrbot lms 3.n aimot ty 8uthQPlxud the p?abUOb- inquest tax suits ln a onewithwhlahtheghad avur to the que8ticm that I want to them or not thu Cozmulb8lonerr~ Court haa the authority to enter into the eontract as above outlined, end vhether the ahurlff ha8 the dioaretion or authority to 9lbae alteflon ssld or- ders of uale ufth any p8ptw that he lapy ViBh Ea.
%PV1C8 of aitatlon bJ publlaatian in betin- quant tax mate dlffew flym that of aarvioe in ordinary auita. Artlole 73kQ af Vern~na Ann. Civil t)t&uten, reta out the method by tfhlcrh aWtA&xIO *2 Eaaorable Warren MeDoAald, Page 2
Pub~fObtlon5 or notices say be had on m&mm owners, Aon-cbnidenta, eta., IA d5llAqusAt tax suits and among ether thlnga says;
"'Uhiah ttotlae shall be signed by the Clerk and published in saw AOWSpbptW in said OOUnty AA8 thtt b veek three aoAswutlr5 weeks, eta.'
"This SrfiiOle does AOt, bs ArtdOle 2022 the Revin Civil Statutes, provide that the OitbtioIl& .$bll be dlraoted to the sheriff Amy aaastable of the OouAty, eta., but mersJy states that 8s~~ shall be published in 80~8 newspaper.
%owaver, the hrillo Ceurt of Oivil Ap- pebls in $he ease of NUlW-HAlIRHM PURLI8HIlIQ,00.
Vb. HDTCHIHS COUHTI, olearl~ States relative to Artiole.7342 B.C.& 1925, the r0lhtfingt
"'maI statute giros the 0ouAty A0 authority to pay a nevspaper ths f-5 fOl' tb P~~iObtiQA Of the Oft+ tlon in tax sultn oltittg uttkimm aod AOA-tWSid@At wtmrs but provt&s thbt such fees may be taxed (svldsntly IL5 oostr 3.A thb stat); 5nd th5 c-5-.
510~0f5~ Court is giveA no authority to psy for the publication of sue& oltatioA5 out of fItAd of the oounty derived from my other sourae. * "waioh la~guago olebrly seems to ertablish the faot our Co5mission5M' OOurt in Biith County had no authority to enter into the acmtxwt above tmt1iAed. However, I would bppreaitste your an- sverlng the qunstian an to Vhother AOt the sheriff or the UorarL55fo~m~ Court has t&v adhor- lty to dlreat MAO shall publish these QitatiOAs."
Artiole 73&,2, VWAOA~S Annotatbd Civil Statutes pro- vides and sets out the method by vb.ioh Ql%btloti8 of pUbli5btioSi or notices mey be htd On unkttowtt owners non-cesidsnt Qvnern P
583 goaotile Warren HaDanald, Page 3
snd the st8tute 5peoiSlaally sets out the&n of aiktion notlae.
IA the aaw of aeigle, et ux vs. state, 8g si (26) 304, th5 OoW't sbldt
"'the AOtiC.5 to watt-nsldarts whlah v,em served upoa the pUlntlSf5 in error 5re 5ppmwnt- ly those pmvId5d by Artiole 2037, R.S., 19251 urb do ttot aonstitttte serviae in b au&t for tsx55.
A epeolal rethod of servbg non-~e5id5mt5 in tu suits 15 pp6vI&d by ArtIole 7342, R.8. 1925, and IS xolu5ivo. gts&akn v. Bllby, 43 Cox. Cir, Am.
293, 96 SW 50; Neta v. Thompnott, 156 SW 1105; Rourset v* setteg55t, 210 SW 219.'
It vlll be notad thtt ths 46th Legislsturs tn 1939 pa55ea Lknste Bill lo. 206 (Artlole 7328. 1 Vernon's &m&abed CIYil st5tute5). ma title of' &nmto ml]. 206 nsds 55 followat ‘AA Aot to s~llfy prweedings IA dellnqwnt
tax stits~ pm*Mlag lo? 5irglIfIed Sorm OS pati- tlon In su&ts 001laotIan of delInquaAt tax65 anbothrealudpsrsamlproparty,aml roYIdlng for a 5ImplISled de5opIptIan of bath raa snd pee f t to bo Soreolased upon; provid- SoAbl mm&Y 5 fag that sucrb poti Ion aeed not be verlfibd~ pratid- T IAg for slnplISI5d sonr OS olktlonJ pravIdIng tbat the provi51ak5 as thin bat shall be o%mulatlve OS and %A bdAitioA to bll other rights ukd -di*s to vbIab taxing urstts am wv e+tItlad, but rapasl- lag all 18~5 &n 0onSlIat hemvlth~ sad deol5rIng bA emergenay.
Artiale 7328.1, supa, sets out the term of Jtditi’3A rad CitbtiOU ta be used in delinquent tax SUlts# hW505C, VO do not tmli5ve that the oitatioa set forth in ArtIale 7328.1, supn; 15 the proper oltatlon to use in delinquent tax sutts vbere u&navn ovaers.m~an-resident avtmr5 bra irvolred but think tbst ths oltstlon & natiae as presarlbsd by Artlaie 7342, supm, 15 the aomeob oltatlon or aotlee to be wed in suoh oases.
IA thr, -55 O? 8tbti VS. %kttOVtt o!tMt-, 103 = 1116, tbe 501s questian presentad g-5 to the 5uSSIaIanay aS the altatioa 155ued and oerved by publlaatIo& ma aIktIan *4 Xozkorable Warren XcDoabld, Pqp 4 5aw ~55 set out in Sull
IA questioa In the bbove mantlened amrtwhIsbbld that the etatlan ~55 5~ddi5eu5556bythe The citation just msAt1oAed is surf lolent. IA form uub5taA- tlally the sasm as Fox% Ito. 191, 168, JWSett*s Texas Fern Bock The Tom of altatlan tx aotlae as set out in RoSSettls %1x55 Fom Bock 15 dlreothd to the sherl.SS or any oaastable of said comty sod the rhm-ITS ar aaostable 15 8ommxled to make publloatiim 0S the oitbtlatt aAd notIae bJ pubzishirrg the 5888 ln 501~ A5WSp6~P publlabad In uti oounty one tlma vwk for three wu35eautlve vsokb, eta.
And the absrlff ooxmtable 15 mquimd to have said olta- tion or not105 vIth his returzs thsnon shovlag how hs 0x0- outed the sbms before &he oourt rt thtt nexe mgttlbr team. %%O bUthc?l+i~ Of tlra Wt36tWfO&3M’ OOUFt U
govertting body of ths aouz&ty to mxlm oantmots bp its behalf or is strlotly limited to thbt oonfapred eitkkmr 8xpm w Salr aeoessazy implXaatIert b-f the Oonatltuti 7!2 2&O SW 289; Baldvia ma%% of the Stbts. Ropar vs. ttll, cawty, 88 SW 480. The 0a4mlnnfonern’ bottH mlst hbve bttthor- Ity of lav for Its soatraots, aAd, if ths uthArIty has been given8 reasomble aatastruatfaavillba gfvento eSPsQtft5 purpase. camI55faAsPs* court Tn. ellM4& 15 mf Qtwl 535. IP ties 0r tat.8 so~'eg0fag dwaut, h bm m-
spsotSully advised that it Is the @nIon of thI5 depaHmat the a0tmtf5alon0r5~ aatrt dims not hbvta tha axprwr thbt or implied buthorlty to urb ths ooatmot above mtUaed.
ItiS ourSurth5ropLAI4mthatth5 shsHSS* aAdAotth5 aat- mf5510aar51 (sourt, hbr the authority to dfreat wha nhbll pUb&hh th5 OitbtiOli5 md nOi;osS rurbiC+E& h5F5i.k ‘phs 55m5 0w be ml& In referanob to the orders of 55lo. Ve aoantrue of this your Mqusst for bn 0pl~Ion
deps.PtmAt a8 perta to altbtlona and AMiIces 5~d ordo* of sale with mfexwaas -To dellsquent tbx suits agbiant uA- ~AOVA vvniers or Iran-rm%drat c+wziars, and this OBIAIOA applies only to such.
TrustiAg thbt the sor8gni5g Sullj aAsver5 jour in- quiry, ve are
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