Case Information
*1 OffICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF,TEXAG AUSTIN
non. C. R. T'eminf$oa, Pn~o a
Tha reooa33 of the .Soo:*ctflry of 3taters opcice re- vet21 thet 12. X. J. CroPoct was Zcosidezt of t?.o Gulf COaat o~rp~ration, on &wot 6, 133s. y;ster Coqxiny, a C~m23:Io
Act3 1834, 4Srd Le&slatui*ej 4.th Called je3dIon, tho LO%XZ? Colorn.do River Authority, inSO 19; Ch. 7, C?.O6tin$
rcrds, In port, a3 follo::3: qJrovidsd that no pcraon shall be eligible 1:' he h33, during t219 p-cccd- for 3ucl-1 a~pOIhti~IOn% ycnr3 bcforo hi3 npgointmsnt bocn t?.qe (3) by'an oltctric ~oxcr end lir,ht coqmy, enploy$ gc3 coqmy , tclcp>onc coiqany, or any other util- lty oorqmy af Eriy kind Or ch&roCtcr xhat3oevor.* (Underscoring 01.~3)
Sinoo the facts .shOi'l tht Yr. X. J. Crofoot ~133 ' the i‘residont of the hCrqtO:'OXo ncztioned cOrFO?ationj ;ivr- Inx; tl:o pccediny t&xo (3) year 3 before his op;oi,asc:e,:crrt to the Board of Dirootom Of thic, LOX;er COlWQdO River Authority, the dcteminiq ~c3tIon GOCSI t0 kc! w!lctk~r or nOt ho xould \mmd o:ploycd by the 3sj.d oorporations -&thin the zzeaninx 02 the hoo~e .o_ucteC rart of the Aot creatind the Laxer coloro~0 River J,uthorIity -
%%a &a ~~e~~~loyod*t ha3 mmy zssniqo. N It 93~ nean any person who rczder:r2 labor .or scrvico to Another. wl’latson ft could Inclu~~c every ,,;e- v. XQ. cc., 50 3?. 1.1. a. ma. JO.? in ~~$Yl$ij ..pyi* u . \ r~'e .6-r. &-~~~df&ti-~;l -%it?i6rit rO;?;zrd to- hi3 &rGdq Or rank, or the nature of kio dutir3. Ia' re Stryi:er ot (11, 63 N. x. 525. As us04 in Its broadest 3eU30’, the SJord %n~loyedq8 denotes every person who I3 in the ,sorvioo or a oorgooratlon. 32 L.2.A. Q7 Zt pa&e 113, The word "ez- ploy&* denotc3 028 *.&o,rim~era Oervice. Sot 'h%h3tcr~~ sm. f~tcrnatiO361 3Ictiomry, 3OCO:ld ZditIO!l.
yie iuote frc.2 hbbdtt V. L:o::'i~, 77 I<.'.?!. 94, C3.fOl" loxs :
n ..a anyone e:i~lcycJ by R corporation in arq cnpocitjj may parhara be consi?mrcd as ezplojjec of the co7pcrntion (aA if frm the context such as: officera of' the cor- pccrdl to bc tte mxnin~,.thc Foratior, ni,:hS be irrtondecl by tba tcr:: urdar 8om cirom~tacccs) .,.**
The question ie: -Vhat is the sense in ~ihich L,he word ~ezployc~I*~ 13 123~4 in tho above c,uotod pzrt.of the Xct crentiq t,k.e Lo::er ColornCo River hutbority? Ceriafcly this is to be de:crsL!:eC! fro:1 t:le ocntst, end the apynrent 6b$jcct aau pxpoi;a of tllo pcvi3lcr..
It cann.ot be said t!z:st t& presideat ci a ccqcr-
aticn is not in the SSFS~.CC of the carporction. IS ho not .tho qcnt of t:ic corgoretion :vit?in t>a scope cii ~oxu-a dele- &at& to hi!! by the bonrd of directors7 Soes he. 20: enforce &m¶ defend the various rlzhts of thu cor~croticn7 IS he not promoting the intsrcst;: of the ccr;croti.ozz % believe that tImso r,ucsticr~s ma only be 4rmfcrsd in the rftiratetivo.
Ih6.Lq$.slaturc plainly ir.&icctteC t?,ot til persons
oxpl.oyc0 by 8 utility cozpcny->fit%.n t?ree j'ofir3 prccedin~ the Cute of s~;ointmnt 3hculC not be eliqiblc for aaid a;- X3 there imy eoui%I arid logical remon for saying ~i&-tm3Iit, that the cf?icsrs of e nti'lity coqmy We not esglcye~ by. that ccr;oratico within tho :xzninrj of the.Aot? ';;c thiak not. WQ cc?zn,ot believe that tho Legislature inteabe:l that such a oonatruoticn ehould be~plrtced -02 th&~~Ier@,c~c-_r_o mm- tioned oocticn of the .ct,~ ~T'c~the cotitrnYy, it would op~car .thot them 13 a far fpeator ret2300 for saying t!lat t:?e offi- ccz's of a utility company are incli:~iblc than t&?re ia for sayid;; that only tho subordinzte eqloyoos, aa:aely, the ol-arks, ;;a.mcsg and.evcn the janitor, are~Inell&bla. The pctcsibi-
A r,isonief and evil arising out of tine appoiritrtmt of's subordinate e~;?lcyec of a utility-coqmy i.3 for lez~s ccqcr- od to that of appointins anofficer 0: h utility con~my vfho, no Cou%, is a stookhclder axI who would be is a positfon to pCrsO?.nlly benefit fro;r the nppolzt?xz& to t2.c IJmra Of Dircotcrs of thc.l.oacr Cclcrnclc Flivi:r Authority.
-&3 concl.\;Ee es", yox are 30 i?&i.x5 l&it ty:c &pl:GiF:- ted of 3. ‘II. J. *ofcot to the Bx.rt. of ‘iiractr?rs ~3 tkc t,owr Cclornio River ,Witority 13 I n Siroct violetlo~~ oi” t30 kcrcinzbG?c xontiorrod 3ecticn of tile Act croatiq tf;e LGm?r ColornGc Bivcr hct:tSlcrit;y. I;:r..Crol"oot I:, t%rafcre inali- gibl6 fcr t!:c Rp;oinkent *WJ th Bo&d cf 3ircctora,cl the I,o~ver Colorado IIivcr Aut?rority. .
Yo*ws very tru>J