Case Information

*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

AUSTIN GROVER SELLERS

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Bonombh Dul&t Yhitwll

Cridaml Dlcltrirt Attoxw~

Collla County

JtOU~, Tuur

oa8fdw8d four Fequut FUdiw l 8 fOl- mU48b *2 Xonoreblo Dvl&t yhitwell, Pate P

flo~lrolloot~anr UMlpaf thu IEtotha calnt;l 0ffiOul'I &l&q 8dit8dtOthe TWNWU’tOb4 rtuxs. ne 18 rurthu rrqtired uador the ~#rnral 8t8tUte8 OO+WiA# thLtd+~ flFUWO8 l b pWtiOUb r4 under the fee rtatuto to fllr an Aawn1 Repart rot- rtib lindtrtiOA8 full fPar th4 tin. of the di8OOTU7 0r miuppllmtlorrt

'qiu8tLbrr HO. ha 18 it tho oitioial dut O? the Count rlvilrtita~ no* r Attorae~tobdnga the, U-00 l@OtW ad hi8 8WOti.8 to FOO0V.r thib I ronqt IO thU

to Arti.1. 339

that Yhoa it o,oar to

ot collnt~ Attomut that

w County tntnut8d with

tundr iR ia w UnMP *brt80- 8 -0 WOO80 &at;@8 w 8Uah ublla b&or- not to U-OffibW8 4abrOW ag-0818 th*ni-, buded to almlfr ow 8itia With ntOlWM0 t0 01p mthorlt to rat b t utter.

Tt ou rhfmld hol4 hr that it 8 Aotthe offioial4u~ Of de hunt7 At-=eY I oIvllrat.IasyriartthIr Otf%a@?ad hi8 towlsqa 8WOti48 thO8f8tbn ro;tpohtbit%-tbr*r-#- vent the cordariaarrr oowb ?ra lq&g8amcowtJ T AttarcuftompWUhth.~orrrrQf- oOlt-@'- oration La addition to'k3.a rtrtQt0lrt 8aZI wn betvoea the Oowt and the ttomufl “f ‘I t be apud *4 Xonorrble Dvl(lht YhitvolL, P8tr r,

%+I? Opid08 Cm thi8 B8ttW 18 6OliNd bdW'0 JaEllU7 31, 80 tht W Y7 ii10 ttW MOU- 88rJ 8Uitt;;;;~ th. X'WldE# Of lid.t&loIi, a8 88 . Th8nhia1~ pu for pu ooopwa- tloa In ?hI 8 mttw, *o are

In the m8e Of MU? Counw T* IlwwlOh, 8t al., 159 8; v. @da) lb, nit UfUWd th. t%Wt Of citil AmU MI

Yith l QtU8ti80ldAP t0 t&t 8Bkd h e fratr vere that l p pelloa, Mawy I (r r tb 8tdtUt~bocpd WI&t;OMd that ylUb.6 O?tu~O~WtG-l'8 h 8hould "taithtld~ WOn aad di8OhrFgO .ir Of m dUth8 requIr@d OrhIBQlaY nd Quotiry tw a U.UEbr Of t-8 Oa8@8 dealIn& rlth 88 TuCollMto?." Arturnfrrrl O$ 4pW1# aad QUe8t~OM 8otw Of dlbh W8X’8 w th8 cord88iOB llofvhh hold that 8uOhaauBu ~faotIon~oxw#ovarnod~ the two-leas 8tatuto or Llsltat1oz4, the cowt la& 88 t011owr

to, and YO thI.nh did, oozroot vOl?nm’8 lnaotrkd Of.Vi.1 thi8 8ituritiOa ouOfte&o Ootob.? 1, X*1, ti rhioh NId8 bktUte8, VhiOh 48 fOllOWI *5 8unonbh Dwight whitvoll, PagO 5 porlod aowud 8nd that fO? ali 8Uob bad8, Of tiO?i 8UOh #tit8 b 8UOh pOZ%OS#

putpo8OS On luoh bond8 8&U b OOMidwti 8~4 tpUt& &.I for debt f0Und.d qca 8 oontraot 8OtiOM In tit- aml cwarne4 br the faur-Joa? atatuto of LIUI- 1941, 47th Lot., pa 383, oh. 2l3, 8 1..

ktlon. Aat It yIll b4 noted that, Ml0 Art. 600% bwamr l r r o otivo Op oOtObW 1, li?hlr it l ppliOa 0dy t0 bold8 ~8cntkb dt0p UIU 8Uido8, the 8-1 Pub oi 8ktUtw ooPIt?wtion l8 t&at dAt0.

(L lidktiOll t0 k 8t8tUtr 18 m8UIMd 8~itOtiVO ia ~tiOll, iv0 intont that it Ihod& 8hw I 1Ogi8b r tie88 it8 tCUW8 olrully l mot. 28 Tu, hu., 840. 11, pa 8fj. ha+0 a MmwMro

UtodoPthohOld~ Intb NwOrIokurd 8-m (~8.8 abow w0m to 8UOh af tho to08 roterred to b foe aa v.ro due iW t0 @to&' 1, 1941, th e l tt8OtiW tit0 Oi bt. 600% au c X’md by tho two- UP 8ktUtO Of Uai(;rtioa. 8uoh of 8.d foe8 a8 au SOU tftsn b 0 paw paat duo ud rhioh b~crUyo ,du Of 4n Omdai PROP to tb UCMUti~ 8kfUtOW bead w atid f&X me 600% b*OuPe l ff@OtiVO l m ax80 br2%%d w COilMtOP HOP 8atUtO Of linJ Of 8UCth fU8 th0 t110+89 ilrdt#dIir ~8 bOOU80 dU0 l t8r th0 -UUtiOA Of UL OffISi.41 8ktUtm bond Collootor rftor the &fOotIyo &to ti Art. 630% rauld br the faw-~ 8ktUt& Of liUlfMlOa 8od vould not k barred.

a-id Art, 60038 li not utcoaotlw undo it8 tom 80 m&a:pQ to hx Colloetor* band that rrr axmuted lq thr Erlthor ma the 8WOtr 0-w b0 hold for t 7%538:;2 O:‘.tl7 f’btd8 068ufiixv ‘“““h”: ifootlw date of 8a d Aot under bond uxrouted on Jmua 1941, uo knQY of no nr w ai,& tha runty oarpany OIa bo ali undw. tho bond uoautod Sana~ 1, l$&l,

- lJltl01~ 39120, 800. 1, vOZ7&01i'8 &KLOtitOd citil Ot8tUtO8, th0 ?OiiWiBg p~ori8iW OOOtdM

lioaorablo Dwight Whitv.11, ?a(a 6e

Art1010 339, f. A. c. b., ir IB tollow8I hi8 dUtie8 UIidOr the &V, h# 8h811 inrtltut. 8u8h tb ~OX'fOl'W ~POQOOdiry l 8 aiN FAOOOl8~l7 t0 e-01 anO0 Of 8Uob dutia8 b 8Wh offio~ l rd to #%er.?vr 4gd &bPOtOOt the pub110 ilitOlW8t8.” IA th. W8e Of LStthOFO l t 81. V. mt OoPn

124 3. V. 205,.thoro Va8 intolwd ha8 rl@at of tho oountr a ior- OOllOOtOd b him f’POa MT t0 ~&din 8 f.0 iB th. 8IM Oi #~.~ tho oount~ tor hardliag l 8utt tn vhioh the oounty -8 plaintiff ati VhiOh V88 bPOUght t0 rOOOW 8 18330 UoOUAt Of mO-7 018tiOd ~;~~w;oUnty l gaiart tha OOUn~ elwk of 8aid ~ou&$ and hi8

. Thotrl.aloourtlrmtrwted julgmnta LDlttho oounty t0 Iaid $500.00 f@O, l ld th COWt o P CiTil attOM &Q-18 8UStEinOd thi8 holding 08th. pOUBdthAtt!@ 8ktUtO WV Art. 339) mad. it the duty of 8rld oouatr attorney to &Et 88id 8Uit, and that Oontlvot to plf him 8UOh f.0 -8 rabid- lrv aad void. 'Ph. Court a180 held that Art. 297, (nov den

35) ~r0rid.d hi8 OO@W8~tioa iOF auoh r&W,r 8ti th8t &kuI the oomlrrlo~rr' aout mm not at lib& to ~l:irsegara. In tha 018b of Stata T, antton, et al., 192 S. V. 814, th4 WthOl'itr Of tk OOUU attor- Vl'lt reflltd, theF* V88 iWO1V.d nor to brln(l 8U.it ia the MH of tb bt8k wbrt 8 WX dl.O- toz, to rrootff fUDd8 duo thr &tat@. In thi8 bUt@aOr tb OOWt~ *8 %y Vi&U@ Of hiOh s3 Of th8 BOri8&

StrtUt.8 Of 1911, tb Oat7 attOm 18 atitbd

t0 Nhin l 8 hi8 Oti8810& GI1 til. m b7 hb fOF.th# 8trt@, the 8uI Of

O@ileOtti and 5 par u&t. 08 the 00 tha rust, thouund, mat. hi8 8UNtl*B? ?hr bwdll# UpOP th0 qu*8,tioa, Ml9-d ~OfthObYt8~~trtUt.8 oi 8l'O 8tfiO1.8 19ll.

h8YO oalttod oopli Ufd &t101.8 #lg "f 1.d tA 841d Op Id.00 8iMO &'tiOlO t0 d0 Vlth th. qM8tiOU hW0 bO%

oo~ldered aad Aztlole 366 aw Art1010 339 ha%- iMbOT0 8,t Out).

I) . . . . . t0 k #O!tOrdOd w both wPt1.8

‘It 8.Y thrt th. 188UO if& the 0880 ia+OhV8 8 OOMtl'UOtiCS Of th8 thl Of thO8. 8eOtiOM 8tdUt.8 dOTO QUOtOd, ntb? of the CCnUtltUtion gre8Or&bi4 N8 OtltO dUti.8 0r th8 litt0ru87 r c+~r~i 8rd 0r the OOULL J at-. Va hold, howvor, th&t urd@s 8e4ItlOa el of U?tlOle 5 of

the CoMtltUtIon the LSgl8ktUm oould OOnfer upon thr

.fn tha au0 at Tamall ‘I~ Orouw 60 hr. 539, 31 8. V. 631, tha 8-#81-' ed had _ od prluta oaua~olfomp~.8oatth.samtyiar 8U& &#lMt th4 OQMtf tPOUu#I, aad hl8 -tlU, tW

w rr00t027 0r rtbm i08t M th4 rriitrn or tb

lhvl88d-8wUf88, the fwpripu court up1 “*%ki8 WtiOh XLOt Oldr Oani8r8 th. pOrrr, dut , upon the eount~ rtt -08e8 but rain apulrlbda, $wrors the rot8 &la th@ OOWty ~ttol'ne~~tbt,

Honoreblo Wh.ltvOll, ?r(l@ 9 OvLght fUUd4 odlr, hilO ill th4 plW8etlt MI* tb

OaUatr 8Uit 18 i.8a M M Ofthr 8t8tr, l dOucpOti8 t0 b0 fW 8th turd8 Otirj bUt thb 8a~ 8tdUtn rnrl reatlon 0r the conat1tutioa t&t gave the oounty to r rttornoy 8UthOJ’itT hla pwor to rrprrront In irot, tha

CoMtltutlon tiO8 axpro pwir to roprarmat the Itit., Nid fh* 8trtUtO OOVOl'8 'w pub110 fWid8.'" county 1. Dwl8, 223 s. v.

a.0 a180 tb a80 0r Bar 558, tit WftUOd, rhmin it V88 held tht th@ dlrtziot rttom,q had the authority to brpine l 8oit in th. Mao Of th. OIWW Vithin th0 pNV.%8iOM Of AFtial~

f&Oh b0.n bl?OU@t t0 FOQOYW rOr? 8aht7 raid 8Uit h4M or tha 00wy tru8 w the oount~ judge. Tim court 8180 hold bA thi.8 0480 that, h it 18 th. dUtf Of ttM OOUntr tre88urrr $0 direot prororooutlon ro~ording to lrv for the rooow~ Of l ll debt8 that DI b0 duo hl8 OOUnt~ 8od 8U l X'lIltOnd th. OOl- leotlon thrreof, iul 18 61Wli thr d 8trlOt 8ttOl'n. to i P ruthoritr

1ost1tutr 8uit8 unA8r thr olroua8taaas8 nased ln ArtL0Ie 366 aw ht. 339) vhethalr the TWM~UXW direotr the rO8OOUtlOa or nOta aad whether th0 8Ult 18 dlrOOtOd by th0 Co me5 88101mrr~ or Court not. yOW rttrntlon t0 048@

W. a180 diPrOt Of J. A. et al. '1. Road Dlrtrlot t!iO. 18 Of ~08tOl.M PhL11p8 IlWO8tWllt CO., county l t al., (26) 707, vrit 20rit8rd, uhr~sin it VII 9. Y.

hold tht the Counlq Attorney of I&M8tOaA County had authorifq U&W UtiOh 339 t0 bfin(: 8 8U.u fO? th0 FOOOYOI7 Of UOrWy ii- leg8117 &d tO'J. 11. Philip8 rDW33tMBt coapmiy UD&r 6 O&Not ontorwl l&o with raid oompmy br tha C~8810wrat Court of raid oounty.

Ye think it 18 olom, thewrore, tat 1t ia the OtflO181 duf 0r the rtt tobri~a aid.1 8Uit8@MtthO - oount~ orpz Co1 l oto r ~fwr od to rod ho rurety oa hl8 bond to reoovor I 88id v.40 not belleve that the raot that 8816 Tax Co leotor bar EOMy. tOM Out 0 OffiOe ima8 l y diffWQO8 a8 t0 the dUtr 0 the OOmtT k ttOl'llq ia thi8 MI t, Uid ‘hX CtilUtW -8 a OffiOOF 8t the tir that tha ob lgatlona wou end uao are not eaaaollwl or r

dl8oharg8d w hi8 oOiIl& Out of OfflOe.

Ordinarily the Camml88lonrrr~ Court l l- drtoW8 tiethor llt%gat;oa &all. b8 i.NtltUt& in fWW of th0 0-t l ti h in8~1Mt8aoOr the OOUIit~tr#8UlW -8 tb 8btutor7 8ut Orltr *11 Uhitrrrll, page 10 Xonomblo Dwight

IbdW Am810 35 aad th0 O480 Of uttbCUV v* hmnt w 8.v. 204, th@ OCUNdrilliOU w f&O0 Of Count 8J'O lar~rlxod,uUib uld mmt8- 80UStr qt 8i0M OVfOOt @?O Okpri4 irrt0 the offiO@?e&&Irf?UId+ Artlale 49lPa, a.0. 5. For pur ioiolrurtiaa 8 to the bandllag Of thO8@ 8ood88iOtU O? f-8, w tU* ttPA l

Ho. O-3243, hold1 t&t ru OOmd.88fau l 41y to k paI&

authorit 0r Uio 2m.a~ Me.