Case Information
*1 21 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable X. 0. Shafer
Cnllmt~ ‘tttarfle~ Zctor County
Odessa, Tsxa*
Opinion no. O-7206 Ilet Legal it7 of a Ju&i e of the Pease el eated in ion precinct 3 ln holdinK his ofulae after Your request for an ;;mls D%$pon t.he nhore t.he nhore rrubject-matter ia as f *I would be very .&?ratkfu<for. >he pinion Of questions:
“0”~ department concerning: Qe
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ther preainat, . 3, and maln- recinat No. 3?
forepoing question y,% such Ju’stioe of the Peace from the of- in Preainct X0. 21”
f,lck he ~a1 halda _’
to your first question, we beE to advise Ikn&er that mere chance of residence of the Justice of the Peace to another in whiah he resided and was elected does not precinct t.han that in law ta create a vacancy In such offiae. The colnmlas- operate Irners’ Court -av not determine judlciallf whether or not a vacan- cy c?oes exist. (See Our 07+3ion Y0 s O-3047). It Is the duty of the Corn--isnloners’ Court, however , to anpoint a JUBtiCe, if there In bestowing up- Is in fnct a vacancy such as the law contemplates on it t,he newer to ryyolnt. (See our Oplnlbn \lo. O-2361)
r;onnrn’trle 5. 0. Shafer - vakye 1 6970 of the Revised Ci+il St8tutei
brtiale authorizea th,? ristrfat Court to remove a Justlae of the .Peaoe *fop lnoom- retmcv, ottialal of aatom. Arfiale 6972 deflnoa daoondnot’, nIns~netOue~m 6 This statute 1s the applfaable aktute In a prop or ease Tar removing a Juatiao of' the Peaao.
Ue have no sUffiai8nt lnfonsaflam aa to the faotm cxrd surrounding the removal of the Juatlem of thr Peaar clraumatan~sr frmnlshsd With that wduld autbor- Involved, aad ufo not lnfolartion lse us to venture an opinion thether or not mounds for removal es.- ist, and ve expreaa no opinion whatever as to that pa~bt.
4e trust tbmt what we have said fmRllSia~t?mtl~ anawerm ~i)ur questions.
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