Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
Baroh 1, 1930 Bon. rred 8rlmaa
Dirtriot Attorney
Longvlor, Texar
“It any ottlorr any OOunty..e, rball broom0 la any mannor poounluily la any eontraotr rub by ruoh
lntrr*rtd oountf,r..rthrough It8 allentm, or other- . .
w110, tar oonrtruotiorr rapair ot nr brldgr, road rtrwt, alloy or house, any othor war i unabortakrn l uoh oounty, .,..shall Moore lntorootod i8 ant bid _ ,.., c _, . - .~ -
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Roa,.Prod 3rlmaaa. Yarob 1, 1939, Pa@ 8 proposal for sooh work or la the putabme
or ~10 ot sayt~lq, 72660 tor or oa rooount . . .or who shall oontmet tor :: suob oountf, reorlrr ray monq or property, of the or or dttrr, any moluamt reprssrntrtlrr or advantage ~hatsowo? in oonslderatloo ot suoh b14, proposal, oontraot, porohase or salo, ha shall ba fined not less than flit7 nor more tran flre hundnd dcllars.*
Thr toregoing statutes arr 86666 apoa som4
pub110 polioy. 'Iho objeot 1s to lnsuro to th e l oumtr strlot fldellty upon the tho86 rho mm 6 ita part rftrlrs. The rule prohlbltlag pobllo ot f loom tlsoal froa belag lnterrsted In publlo oontraots should be sorupulous~~ l afor666~
The authoritloo are praatioally uaaalmous to the offrot that the offloor to be 113ble, mumt bare an interest (dlnotly or ladlrootl 1, la the rubfeat -utter ot tha aontraot. A r6Sote aoat ngrnot~rlll 1 aot bring within statutos~ #aid oftlarr
The Toxss rule 18 roll tate4 la Taus Jurlo- prudenae, a6 follws~
*An oftloer 1s prcblb~ted rroa atlna ln k-is offlalrl aapaoitg aattorr In chloh ha has so intOr#ot~ Cons louour exam- ! plrs of saoh prohlbltlons are t 060 whloh
forbidr.~.~ember6 of oomsl6slon6r6~ oourt from ooa6ldrrat~oa of nr olala la vtiloh thy are lntwortrd. rule But to oomo rlthla the must b6 dlreot tho Otfioer’6 lntere#t aertala; ho 16 not dlsqualltlrd an allo@ soaetary.~ntrtest rbloh 1s at most oootla- gent, ind may dot 16 tr ot l xlst at rll.o 34 tax. fur. 499, 878. \ the law to BOX 1
Corpus Jut16 stator *A peoualary lntrnst lo the aoatraot blreot or lndlrogt 18 hold to oow rlthln tbo prohlbitlon....Aa lntor66t to laralldato k of l parsonal prltato oontraot qurt *3 . . . Ron. ?rod Jrlmaa, Yaroh 1, 1939\ P6(o 3
nature.,..It must ba an latrrrst la
jrot mtter ot tha ooatraot ltselt 66 als- tfnguiSh@d irOt6 OUtS~dO 1IitOrO6t6 Of the....
offloor lnoldratally aftrated by the makfn(j ot ooatraot." 44 0. Se OS, para, 81%.
Ia thr OikSO of bity of Gdlaburg vs ~1116, 60 m (,8d) 99 the Coain1661oa Ot Apprals la 6 rotailer'r 6otion a&a I nut thr 6lty iOr a talanoo duo on 6n opaa roaount, held question of whrthrr a olty aomm~srloa- l r rho sold 6uppll66 to rat611 dealerr, and rho sold retailor brlnglog the otloa, ~68 suoh 0up911a6 to t:r a taot qu~#tiOa, tfnally dotorelaable oaly 611 th6 ttondrnt olroun6taa00se It traud aad oollu6loa ooul4 b6 6hown, tho oontraot would b6 M illegal oni.
PrCm the author1t166 quoted, supra, 10 are Of oplaloo the aounty would not be praoludad from aoklng puroha6e6 from t1111ag statioa in $uest1oa, aad that therm would be no rlolatioo ot rlthor statute you olta, unle66 aollusloa traud be provable the ocm- al66lonor ftootrbr
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