Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS -
AUSTIN *rroa*n ou- . ‘-
Honorable George H. Sheppard
Goxptroller of Publio Accounts
'Austin, Texas
Dear Sir:
appropriation for na nalntenanoe of epa,rtckeent for the oginnie.,Ssptember meterg .: :,~.: ,~ a.
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I-fOilbrable.Gaorge B.'Sheppard, Page $2. . .
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On August 'y/1943, at ~a regul!r term of the 98th
District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, in Causa Noi 25570-A, Xount Olivat Ce.aetery C~n;sny~vs. State of T’exos, et al, 8 corn-~ promise judgment was entered between tho prrties decreeing that Tlaintiff, ?.5ount Gllvet kaatary Company, hava judgment against 'the Defendan~ts, Tfu, Stu';E of ~Texas, and the Texas fii(@ay Cods- sion,.ln the amount of Yhlrty'Five Kundred ($3500.00) I)ollars; and further, thst Plaintiff have judgment ,against the Defendants for’ costs.
In Opinion x0. o-32;Ci; .this Lepsrtmrt held thst the Lee@latura.has, the power to appropriate from tha Ststo Highway rUnd monags t0 pey'the jud&!Uent.render~d~ against tha~StatE of ‘4 Taras on the case of II'. -Sd ?iaii\le,~ etux? vs. Tho:State of T6xas, -. ., (I .p et. al. The question'prtisonted, in this Opinisnis'whkthor or not lrrJ, 'the LsgIslature haa upp~O;lriat,~d'~from:tho State XlIle,h::ay Funds monays to 'pay the. above gention& &Ngmnt, or in other words is.thiere o,n appropriation avails,blr :from vthioh saidjudgment can' beg .paid. -:-/ ; ., ,' : '.I.' .~. '~. /:, ,, ,~ .,: ,,,,. ,, ~)
,' ., .'In:conneotii~c'aithr$our'~~equest'we have ~'onrefullg 332,. Acts'of ths,:44th..Le~~Ylaturs -'oo&iidered ‘Sanate’.DiXX~~Ho.. Eession, ;:1943,’ 'Rtigul~~:r~ (.C~pte.r.~.400;',Ep. 942-948) an8 fall to find 'any ~,available:a$propriatioq from uhioh :33ifJ ~judgumqt~ can ba'piaf; , ,,':,~~ ;',,, :;,.-,: "~ ,i: '..::;; .,y;;, ,,; '. ~' .".,, ',: i,, .;Q ,,.. ,. ,' ‘6UP G&i.iOk'fhat the .jud@tIant Cannot be'yoici It‘irr
from tha' abroprfktion, for.ths.'support and aui?znterien& ~of the Highway .Department,~aaer~t,~~,itresgpt',A~proyriation.iiot. - I.', .i ,, .,, :: : 1