lb10 will aoknonl& reooipt or your mguecit of October 9, 1941, a6 followa:

-Gould the Comaisslonere Court or La~lpaeas County, Texan, hrre thr suthoritr to grant and open a privets orosslng acro66 a railroad &ero the railroad dlrldes the landowaor~s property upon the raqueet ot the lendowmrPm

It is the opinion of'thla deparbirnt th6t ouoh authority does not 6xl8t. The CoPmiralonsrr Court niay lay out rmd8 on3y I&-M A pub110 aeoerrslty exlntn but not of l prltato wty. Sms Dunhp’t~ Rardln tcr the bsneflt 223 8.W. 7ll; Orgy v* Law18 86 S.?Z. 12C) 603; Ibseley Ye Bradford 190 S.01, 624. Tho right oi omlnent dcamln MI br rxorolsrd Sor the l atabllrhmeat of pub110 roads but sot of privet0 onea* See Leathors v. Craig 226 0.3. 993.

IZhathrr or not a road 16 l prlvato or publlo ' road or ooureo doporrdr upon tho iaots ln oao:3 oars. But you halo ollmlaatod the iaot quertlcm l lnoo your roquoat is lialte4 to 8 prltato oroshqj. t!.Li6 fully 6n6were your puo6tlcu we are

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