Case Information
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OFFICE OF THE Al7ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN GROVER SELLERS ATTORNEY QENENAL
Bonorablr J. 1. MoDoaalU, Gommirrloarr Department of &grloUl two
Austin, Toxar
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ttoa Warrhousrmaa oa ror rtor- Tour l&tar ot
tornry Canoral make8 thr So
ottoa yard buri- 0 aboro inquiry la Pradioatrd, ~~~r~~OOomponyi~ four mqU88t than i.8 hi8 Stak i8 nim WOll 8@ttlOd 8tat0, It thi8 a8 Wd.l a8 Statics, that bU8iIM88 wwohou8onW, baFag Of l Unitad to rrgulatlon and oontrol. BxPortrr8' publ$a~ nature, ir rubjeot 8nd Bad#r8' Compr.88 '19aMhOUrr 06.. te %r@inrr (-. App.) &,5~ 8,W. (2d) 563; Voft Vr .Bo kw YoViag an4 8to r l 069 119 pa (za) 586;~orar v. Oantrol Warahouar Go. at al 10 84+.::~ Y 657, 54 A&RI 3078 Ha8h 7. Pam, 80 X9. 539,. 44 Am. R*P. 49of *2 Homrabla r. S. YoDoaald, pa&r 2
Muan v. 8ktr of f11illO18 94 U. 8. 1131 27 IhiJw ti8i bW, 9Mr 67 Corpur ark 449e
la 67 Gorpur Jurir-451, f15, the fOlhWili& (UNI’d Ml. 18 8tihdt
“A pub110 warrhourrarm, by vlrta8 er hI8 to thr publlo, lOn# a8 ho OOntillU88 a# 8UQh, a8 a ~onanl rule, oannot refu8@ ruorlrr (OOd8 Of the al888 uhloh ha i8 athorimd co MO@IVO and rtorr..,”
la Gray t. Central Wardioaw 00. rt al., 106 8. 657, 54 A. L. ll. 307, thr qurrtloa before 8upnma Oourt or North OerOlIIW wa8 uhrthrr Oarteln WarehOUr hd the r&ht r0fiph-a a perron be a araber or tha giert0n board or Traila bdoru him to buy tob8oeo oa tha flood thry would prrmlt 0r thr rrproho\ur. ,aU88tiOE, th@ 0-t b W#WOriIt& thl8 4189 oa88rd at lragth thr dutIr8 owrd thr pub110 a public war@- hOU84Mn. On. pa&r 658 oourt tha iollowi~~ 8tit.d
mr l 0al-t fa?tha? 8trt*8: *3 J. 6. MoDonald, po6o 3
Ronoroblo *Thor0 a0 prlnoIplo more Importsot t~tbo than prorave to ovary lndltldual, pub110 wolfaro howotrr huablo, tho right In doolIn with ub- that and bU8ior8808 ‘a?foOtOd With &ub i0 P
110 UtilitiO8 ray Ia- 988’ thoro oaa bo ao dlrorlmhation realart diridual in ngard to oaiforrity charger a04 ia-. tra8tnant.a (Pwa 662)
partial is not ne018sar'f that'thoro rha11 bo rtat- *It but it lr rrsantial t&are UtorY~roxulatlons. that by thoeo oporatlng publfo 8hOll not be rogulation8 Or bU8inoI38 laifootod bY tho wbllo UtilitiO8 080’ whloh will wrcait dl8orlnlnotlon. afialmnt anyone.
?hoao roquinSoot8 or8 bored upon tho priaoiplo
‘sIltI $OpUii SUpSOUL 08% 10x*$ that 18, that tho ubllo wolfaro 1s tho b16hsotlaw.g (Eflph818 oum) P Pee 6631 In laeh 1. Pa'sgo, 80, Ky. 539, 44 Aa. Rap. 490, tho impoar upon a public wanhou8orMn Y88 thu8 8tOtod: for tho pubUo aalo and
Whoa a narohouao.xm purOha8a Of tOb8000 undortakor to 8Ou at aPOtiOn, and #Onduet tho bU8inO88 of a Dab110 wanhouro-
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~BD@Q him,” (4h88L 0~8) by #urn V, Skk ntii8, 91 v1.6. ll), it =8~ iit- alrrtod t~hat nrrhourrwn had the r&ht to doal and trada a8 they to thorn for 8toraCo, It n8 881 fit thorn who apolIo hrld by Walk, 0. J., that
“Propart door booomo olotki8d with i pub110 Inn- tOl’O8t wh8n U8.4 In a 8ayIwr to aOk it Of gob118 o0n8O~~Onoo l rfO0t tho OM drvotod hi8 proport
thonforo, uhloh tha pub110 b88 w iatonrt, to thr pub110 an Intarrrt IJI that war aa want8 mat #ubmIt to bo eontrollo4 public for tho to thr @XHnt Of tho intrM8t ho ha8 oamoa 6OOd, thur omatad.a (Pago 126)
.In Port of Saattlr to INCat@, 12l P. (3) 951, 9531 Ii *ai hold by the sgprdso 4ottrt oi Wa $d P gtoa that publio *4 .I .;.
__ J. I, MoDonald, pa&o 4 Honorablo
warohOu8oaa~ aaanot rafuro to roooiro @odr 010~8 ho lr aathorisod to ~rooo:l~o and rtoro.
In tlow of the iorogoIug uthorltior, I8 the opln- it Ion ‘of thlr a duly llooluod ootton warohouoo- dapartmoat thst man who I8 aloo a pub110 wilghor oaanot. plaoo aa oondltloa 8tOlVi60 ,$a a warehouse that a por8on w8t do hi8 WOIghIng ferd bunIno88 him, murt l ooopt all and ootton goods, whloh ho I8 authorized to roorlro and rtoro, tondorod to him wlthout disoriaination.
We, thoroforo, anrwsr the above-rtatod question the ao&lro.
ATTCRNXY GXNBRAL OF TItXiS (4 BY Jno. C. Xnorpp Aa818tant , JCK:JCP:ZD APmovm NOP 2,'19k4
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