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*1 OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEYGENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
A'TTORNEI GENEtuL
Honorable Alton C. Arnold County Attorney
Breeorla County
Aagleton, Texas
Dea: Kr. Arnold: opinion No. o-7144
You request an opinion
qaeation fitatsd as tollowar
T3ome questlon~ he8
tion of Artiel
od $500.00. we n upon the fol- correctly states know whether ua- ~wald be authorited are h&e m6ntloned,t Zlth\Boaoot June,'19(6, &use m. lstrlat aourt of Brazoria County, Maxle Lloyd Wt'ilbanks, et al v. ., et 61, aeme up tir hearing ou etween the parties to try ad same in vacation. Maxis Lloyd Wll- lnor, 13 yearti of a@, cued next frleizd as authorfxsd by Rule 44, Vernen's Tex- e&Rule; OiviZ Proaedure. The father OP the minor was 8180 party Plaintiff.
uJ&gnent was ret&red by the Court ap- proving the agreed esttLement between the par- *2 Honorable Alton C. Arnold - pap;e 2
ties and awarding ONE THOUSAND AND X0/100 ($1.000.00) DOLLARS or the recovery granted plaintltrs to the minor, !daxle Lloyd Xllbanke, and awardin ORE TF~OUSLWJ EIBRT ?fUNDIiEC FIFTY AXa X0/100 7 $1,850.00)DSUXl of reaovery to Carl A. Xilbanks, the rather.
W. 0. Savage as next rrlend on June 13, 1946, the same date as the jud@xent, rlled his appliaation, mmlng the Court to Invest the #l,OOO.OO reaorery oi the minor in U. S. OOY- ernment bonds, payable to th@ order or said l&xl8 Lloyd Wilbanka, the minor plalntlfr. "On the aam,dete the Court atier a hear- ing on the appl.iaatlon ior the investment or 8uah runde ordered that the $l,OOO.OO whioh had into nglrtry otthe Court tar suoh been pai4 miaor bo lnromted In U. S. @oorsrnment bonds ln the name and payable to the order ofhfaxle Lloyd Wilbanks,
'"mloh *pplloql3a;~ order to imwt hUId8 "Ill rirr 0r'thO eont8nt8 Artlols ZEtoo, Qertum*8 Annotatti Blril Stattrte8 or Texa8 whloh ror.the &%&d&l& Of rnnb8 dO~8it.d ill plYHid the nglst~~or the 00~1% pending the mxteoms oi i8 .tho ardor of tbs Ooort aotin#J un- lltd~atlon, Qer Section 4* AFtiole 1994 proper, and .ail.l the uader 8-h order be then Distrlat Clerk aot di8Ohargad from liab lity for the 8arekeep5.q of 9
8tMh rul&S?" Your problan 18 8olwd by a pm or interpretation of. 8Ub4iVi8iOR 4 Of Artlale 1994. The g;rfidJ E 0 6W3.8 With tbs 8Ub- je& of 8Ult8 AleXt friend DE b.h~t Of EhOLOfl, 1WlatiO8, idiot&%, OF &WWSOnS IlOl2 UWigO8 lQMtl8, .diO h8FO M l.s@ ~USlrditUl. Subdi- ti8fOn8 1 end f2 are aupmvmdenl bJ Rule 44 Of oar Baotlee a5U Proaodare In Civil Aetlon8~ but *Pate8 S 80 6 or the As%1016 are not ,deemed to be repealed, but am oomaidered beyond the soope or rule+aking powerIn (see comment en Rule 44) *3 Honorable klton C. Arnold - page 5
SubdIvIsiona 3 and 4 deal with the aontml of fund8 or property recoverad by the next itrlend, and are as fOiiOW8t
“3. In 8uah OaaW When jUd.pmnt IS reaovere~ Tar money or other personal property the value of whloh doas not exoeed five hundred dollars,, the aourt. may by an order entered OX reoord, authorize suoh next rrIen& or other person to take oharge of euah money or other property for the use and benefit of the plaintiff wheh he has executed a proper bocd in a 8um at least double the value of thz property, pay- abl.e t:, the aouhty judge, oondltloned that he will pay said money with lawful interest thereon or de- liver eald property and its inoraase to the person to moeive~the mum when ordered by'the entitled OOU~"~ to do 80, ahd that he will use suoh money OT property for the benaflt of the owner under the dl- reotfon of the oaurt.
I ,Part 8 deals 8peaIfIoally with a noovery which doe8 hat
exoecd $500.00 In value. RIO that Seotlon Is aut of .the oon~~ tion.
Part i deal8 IB geucral with any judgment In favor of an,4 l xprr88l.y a sex% friend of such, a&nor, or other Inooapetent, provider for a ju4gmeat oourt authexlelag the invO8tUUt .0r rw8 aaarulng un4er sash judgment. ThIe 3eotIan ow0r8 the 0188 stated by you,' nnd Is aontrolling.
'c Article 2290 oitad by ymx ha8 no cpplioatlon to yo& \ 8ituation, for It deala with money, eta., "paid or Qapo8lted in
aourt tiring .the progress of any cause to abide result of e;ly legal prooeeding.R That Ibl'xot the @a68 before US.
PatiUo '1. AllI8on, 51 5.S. (2) 1041, cited by you, I8 In pal&, and supports the oonaluslon we have here ennounoed.
So that., speoitioally, your queetlon Is answered to the effeot thet the jutfigment of the ZIstrIot Oourt authoriz,Ing the in-
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vest&t of tho~mlnor*s’fuw& in U. 5. Oovernment bonds& pay- able to the order the m&nor, la ralla, a& the Dfstrlot clerk roulil be autholzed, and even bound ita tams, and ha and his bondfmen would be pmteotd thereunder fMma any and till llablliiq for bari~ obeyed aad exeouted the-jPgment.
Very truly. your8 gppmrsdr Qpition oonzlllttee ‘: :_ : ‘, ,_