Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Ralph Brook
county Attormy
Lubbook Oounty Lbbbook, Teras
00 -or fhl8 dopart- mnt on the abovo rtatod qu prt a8 r0uOttm and ral8lmg a dl8- the City OS Lubbook ,arrert- ty ~onstablo, Ilk on the 8tlwot. wit
ha, Bslt took the billfold whloh oontaimd Cla ‘s money from hlrr, Clayls,~ pookot, Clay ours4tl Be i t violently and Belt eltbor pushed or slapped Ulry in an effort ho quiet him. fXay*a oohdibion was suoh that olther thb blow knooked him down or hs is11 dotm and in the fall, his Isg was brokan. *2 Honoreblo Ralph Bsoat,~pagb 1
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.tion as tofhoth4r oz not Clay was ~8 ~prldnsr or . .tho Bounty at th4 tlm o$.&X~ i4uqeni.bhh4r ,’ or not, -even ,tlm&h. ho.~weo. a priammr g the CotxnG -’ ’ ty at tb-~t54yt.oi the Snjtwy, the, QountF woul&, b4 :_; - : bound or. authorized; upoa groper e+tion bp th4 Codrslcme~ Court; ta;.psy the.hosp%Wl eq,ense? I L a ~rQ3oner~ in- 3.nourre8 tht3gh. tha treatment jur@ by ths'enlawful'SO~-0i &t QifiOya + ?trfk-.
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"It i [8] z+ o&l& thet,~the'Counby .L liable :, adI I bar4 eo idvise& th~~Pouua%eeianbra Court Md the County~ AeMtor. &?tia14 IO.037 .or the 00th ot
Crinlnal Prooabu~s provides thet+Eaoh'Fo'=ty.
shall be llabti ior eU.er~ea inoUrreit on a@-. ..- .aount oi the uafe keeping 03' pri~~!mr4 4mfin0~
in jail or kspt uudex guard ;,.....: Artiole '~ 1040, Paragraph 3 provides thmt therei shau. be- to th& sh4rLlf for prieonora mae an allcmno~ *for nooessary ~aicrsl bill and roesqnable 4xtr4 co~p4nsatlon ior et$ention to a prisonor’dcrlng sIoknfma, such an amount a8 the Cciaaris~ioqera~ court oftho oountjr.wher4'th4 prisomr is eon- iinea nty dsCeme,tO b.8 jUSt ena PW4rc:~
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.Artihle 16I&j'Vernon*s AGotatedXode 0r ‘Criminal Prooedure i reaaa ln part a8 r0ii0rs:
*Por.thm'sa~ekeepf& support and maintsnanoe Of prlsenera.oontined in Jail or antler guard, the Rherl#.sb;all.bu allone& the tollowing ohargest 'njr: .~ti~neoimaqr~ me$oal'bilX-dni reasonable - ears. ooainwmitio4 for attention to a prisoner dur- lng Sfgheaa, aaah a~ amount ao the .Comfssfonera~ Cqurt oi:the county where the prlaonei.ia confined -/ may.determfqe to be j-3 an& prope4r.
: :It rill ba noted thad Artiolea id37 and 1040, sapra 'make the aotity.liable for'all expense lnaurred.on aooouut or' .-. 'the .saielCuepfng Ot'prisonars oonmmd fn%.Jafl or kept under
guard, with oertain~eroeptions, and Artiole'1040 speoitioally provides ror.neoessary mediosl expanses and reasonable extra ocmpenaatfon r0r~ attention to [8] prisonor.~~lng~aiokne~s when saoh prisoner is oonff.nned to Jail or uuder.gaard. _
Thi oou&'o&.aiala & Lobbook County are aompeni sated on an annaal'ealarf~ba6ia, thereiore not all oi the pro- visions 0r Art1010 lOhO are applioable to saia county. In other words, under ths officera salary law the Sherfii is not entftled.to the roes and eompensatfons allowed by suoh statute. However, the oounty Is ltsble under Artloles 1037 anat lOI&, tar the neoeasary mediael.expenae Zor a prisoner daring siokl neas when them prlaoner'is oonifnad in jail or uuder War&. . '. ._
Itis &ate& in Corpas furls; Toi. 50, p? 3638.. . . a'.
Quler a .statute proviaing ror &iioal at- te&noq to p.rfsoners, ati, oompensation therefor, ~the.general rule is that no allomnoe otin be made except umler.the oirouustanoea and in the manner providea ior by etatute; bat an exooption to this rule has been reoognizm~fn the case oi ti ph sf- ofan employed in the ease an emereenoy.. E nthe * absence or a statutory provfslon ror medicax at-.
tendanoe, it has been held that suoh attendanos is a proper expense.oi fxprisonment;~ but other oases *5 I -. _. 458
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hold that; the 6mployment or a physician by the _ sherlrr or:by, ;a11 inapeotora doe8 not lmpo8e lla- bility on the -oeuntf for eertloes renaor&by the phyalalan;an&th+t no~paymsnt~oan-ba made out or . the oounty hr& for naralng a prisoner oonflned In ._ . jail on a qrladnal, &a,rge2~. :
It is iarther"statad'ln C&pus JUrls,.~%~I~ SO, -9. &..- i: . . .~
Ilund& a~ktritea~Jmpoaidg on oountiectllability . .! ~for’ the oare tit prisoners, the llabilfty,~oi a oounty .la oontrolXeQ by,. and is aubjeot to, :the reatrio- tiona 'of thr:partiealar statute.‘. It aounty is gen- - , orally liable~ror.the. oar8 and.mslntenanoe of Its : ' 0m prlaon8,ana or priaon~ra 00nrinef3 therein r0r offeneea~ o#jiamltted, within the ootity.> ~The oonnty .'~. ls~alao-llable,~An~~eome jurlacUotiona~ ta tha aher- lrf ror the paard prisoners aosmaittea andor au- i thorlty or a statute, :in.purausnoe~ot- a olty,.vlI-,'
lege,-lor~'tom arM.nanoe,..Pmere.d oowity.prlsoner aufterlng~from aontegloua diseaaci has baen removed to a~peathouse or other p&aoe, rent ot suoh plaoe 1a.a prop+ @tar~,~gai.ns~ the a0uuty.r~ ~: .i
ttnder'the~fsota state&, In jmirir' izi&ry,;it is shown :'-I.. that the partywao~lnjured We~oontlned~ln~jalX an4 WETS ra-:.;.-.i morea to tha hospital-far medical treatmdnt,,by the County sot-: : ing on the adrloa or: auggeetion of the County health offloer. From the faota ~ai stated above, WI assume thatthe party was ~.. not release& b~t‘mtiined~k prisoner oil the County. There- tore, it ls.ouropinion~that the Oounty.1~ authorized and ra- qulred to $ay.the:-maalaal expeuae.ln the above mentioned 0888.
.~ Trustln~'thet the rore~l~g'fully'~anawe~s your in- wiry, we ari: _' _
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