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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
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Dear sir:
mnanl~," Judge oerulor for the 8ovonteen days of
"A better expletion of this might be had hoiu a letter +ldreased to thle department by Judge Conner Deoember I am attaehlng hfs lot- t&r h&eto.’ *2 m0 r6m wJ3 ohich tbn 0zeip 0f adge co~lner IS baas-
ad two 8ot out In t&o folloWzig portion of his lettw to you cf Deoembor 5, lg41, lihloh you have aubmlttcd to UIII
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Work J*o Culwr rotvrnod, I roat owes 01th hlnthopondingm8ttoreandturncdowrtohlm
grQunds sot r0e.h had to do lfi.th alleged BLleoora- duut of the jfp~. Thla prolIontod 8 awv upout oftheeauetionejud@oouldhearltarvell 68 MOthor. A.tl EUUh 5SttOPS WFO 1Oett With &Ld@ and X did IPO further Culver *ark 00 tJmm. But he did mt we pass a~ ~otlona rw SW ta.z~, rw j-t, mti05a fw jagma IIOP nb0tiw obetanta vwdlato, eta., o to de8lda oaeoe op briefs whem I lad kowd the ultnmsns mad the or~lo?~ac~n~. There VW Qno Qaso, the trial of vhloh boforo mo conwwd an cntIro wok, the ovldonco bolng aqpletod four &yv before Judge Cvzwr’t rotuvn. Yf lmW’rn lRpwt8at 68w low ro4#aort6a pamlrlllcp to rile aad the vr1ttan IF -- tlaa vlth ~~~Y*~~;2~ i%clrkod wwn#on days 8stor Jut&6 calwr’s Toturn* I ha80 SQU) stotovonto of fact to 8ppmw* rtlll s6mefsnaags oi fnot and oQtmlwlQns 0s l8v to f&10, 8d 8c4m i!cirma ordalw to oator ia @mm! proront urj
uhlch I trlod, but I de nQt intotad rlwthw Q&llB al that 8amant, e&nco I can handlo euch mattoW lag -0 tlmo.*
BasodupQ.nthofa6tlJ Ooa~lnyO~let~ ofmo- ember 8th aad tho above qwtcd ~tfon of &a* Connors letter of Deoomber fjth,~ you hrro roqaosted that thle dopart-nt advlro you vhothcr or nf3t you cro authorlrrod to iwuo varmattoJ~e banor fop the eowntoon d8p1 of sorvlca porSormed mbsequont to the roturn oP the rogvlar dlstlpict judge of the 17th Mstrlat court.
Artlole 6821 or Veraonar Reole%d Civil Statutes of Toxca provider 8a Pollwar
Bono-ble George 8. Sheppard, page 3
"The &lad** di rpeeiel judges comiraioned by the Governor in obediezme to Sectlcn 11, A&l&e 5, of the Constitution, or elected by the practio- ing lavyera or egroed upon by tho panties a@ provld-, ed by lav,~.~~shall be detemlned and pald 8~ follouar
‘1. ~JSeah spoolal /u&w &all raceioe the emw oacupiab ln ,$m~ those ommfreionod by. the 00 judge8 for srery duy
colw the ‘tama pay ai, dirtriot they may be necerca~lly occupied In going to and retucnug frcua the plaoe yhoro they may be requlr- od. to ho+3 oourtr .~
a A . . l . Y&u uLl1 note &et. Soct1o.n 1 of Artiale 6521, above rst forth,~ provLdes .thst, a ~+@eclel judge &all receive oompsn- ;, a&ion ‘for every dag that he may be oooupied In perfoaUng
ths~dutlor Of :/edge. We cbnot .believe that the Legiclatnre ln~encotlng thlw, .ArCiole intended ‘6 speoial judge should -only reaofvo orrPtpenaation far serv~ose periopmd doping tho ab- jud&e vhere the wmlcee periormed by,-the
conce of .Y&O rogulw epoalal j@ge.- rubrotauont to the rsttrm~ of the regular Judge we nccosrary end jpopw In the orderly di*ppeition of aatteri * pr hm duriag the abasnw 02 the rogylasr fudge. we’ do’, not judge,vLlZ have the leg8l efteat .thlnk the r&W.ot wgialw ‘Tiq oust jtPlsdlct*t+t of the epealul juIge .to aomj2ete the .trlal .'-Or the OCFO In vhiah.he %I! then engaged, or dlveet.hia~of.:ati- thorlty to hoar ,~tiZons, cw to do r.wh other thing@ as. are’.lp~o- ‘eila8ry. to make ~ox?darly ,diaporFtloh of the mattore pfiieh haie I:~‘?. ‘: b@oo tlndertake~%y~ him. Jchdon v. Bueaey, (‘3~. Agp.,.~oxar~) wit refwed, .95 9, N, {2d) 990.
Aa we underslxnd the faata prerertted by you the *or- tlaos, performed by Judge Conner, the. epeaial judge, subeaqwmt to the wtum of. the rogula~ judge and for vhlch he aeeks.com- ponsatloa vere paacing on u&ions for neu tPlb1, motions Per ju@mnt, motloba foe judgment non obstaace verdicto, hearing oral arguments, studyfng smitten briefs aud ergunent?, approving statements of fmt end filing findlngs oi fact and concluslone OS lau in cases heard by him during the absence of the Fagt1l8r diatrlixt judge. *4 .
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Qeorge H. Sheppard, page 4
The law 18 we31 settled in this St&e that a regular a mpecl+l judgsAoap h@d uourt at the uame t+e. Xhd- WWJ and rlll v. Jeaklna, 40 S.Y. (al) 961; Nlagma Ineurmns Co. v. Idim, 73 Tex, 641, 3l 8.w. 1024 BedfoM, et al. v. Stone, 43 Ter. Clr. App..200, 95 S.Y. 10 66 J EmUX.r. ~M&P~, 73 Tex. 150, ll S.Y. l2lf ~llvor v. state, 70 Pox. crlw Rap. 140, 159 S.W. It is a244 4ettl4d ia thlr 8tat4 uhlle a special fudge Is hearing the 4ase he va8 el4atod to try the regular judge oaa owtlnae to try other oaeea oa the d-et. Hamlltan Y. State, 74 Tex. CrsJu, Rep. 219, 168 S.Y. 536.
Vnder the raotr here pnaaated the aeroloer peviomad bxthe sp6aUl judge wbmqxoattd Wmrsttwaoftlaem@ax’ jadg4 w4n La 04maeotloa with oa*e* pretrented to him duriag the ln ubloh all or the erideaae had E*hzz t$e~gular j-e Under there raute we do not belleve that .lt aouldba r#w~osrsbiyaontended that Ure&ular judgeoould properly pro6eed wltlrttm u&tlmate diupoaitlon of the aame in. mu- r0r jadeppsat, eta., pa~8f3t.g ~g0n mti0m f0r mv tad, uhleh altlamte dlmpo8ltlon voald luaewarlly etall kzkouledge faith4 radaaad alrouMtaae4r kaowloalyto the rpoeialju@a. Themime to holdthat JurlmUatioaofthe rpeoialjudgo cemml regardUse of th4 olroumdaaoe~ qua return of the regular judge uoadd not kqly reaalt la 0aUueloa. bat alra iajwtlee.
lb alw tb4nfon or tb4 4plaioxiaad you are a0 advilled ~that th4 8emloee pertomed by Jadga Coaae~ am outllwd la the porti0n 0f h-h letter 0r ltk3ue St 1941, abeve ~Pated. wore newamry mad proper serwbea to be perrarmed by hla mab~wat the rotura 0r the regular judge aad tbst dariag twh t2me he roepine the dnu4e or judg~~,~ ulthla the pur- warn %wupkd la vlmr of hlu414 6.v 1, and am euith uould be entitled to ocuupma- uab r0r ev4ry day that he vaa oaeupud in wrrw iuch see - - ricer. This 4l#aloa, hol?e~er, 1s natrist4d the racmal to rltuatlonpFe4stltmIby thelettsrs puMedh4rsin.