Case Information
*1 OFFICEOFTHEAfTORNEY GENERALOFTW Eoao~bleTtuaBeay
Qeuaty .Attorlle7 Potter couatp &~inU.lo, Tsxa.s
Dear ?3lr: Atteatloaa Xr. fS. X. JorQaa
Oplaloa Ho. W404l Ret t tbm ocuuatp olork autharfaad to aoo6pt for illlag aad moon3 a am without rwenua atamp attache@ ~JVIW the rapt-8 8ot rtmtht ~;
Your httu roqls8tlag the oplason of thle dqmrt- naart on the abo+e atatod quertloa mea a8 rollotar
The deed is la Iiou of l dead ?reYlourly axecui%Q, aaQ to whioh there ma8 attarb*dl IL 6.
Beveauia stanpa la the propor amouat, $ll.CO and iBisate starape la the propu amouat, ClO,8Oi thr origlaal de.4 w&e glaoed ta ~~wOW with olia of ow looa banka, but t&o?@ rtae 6rras hae bsan lost or misplaosd. The Orson ofSSr- i&; the deed without iltaor;~e 1s wil.li&J ?.G z&so EfSidaTit tc theaa Saeta. <.
*zt IS our oylafon wlrt the l.cuu.zua%% or P.rticle KC78 pticluds~~ bhq alrrk from acoept- lpi this dead trrwlt, ',.4nb mmh irstnunent ellall L8 iilSd or rooorded..*until. thurs ha0 been affix& to suoh instrument #tamps in ao- aordanor wtth the pro~is~I.orU of tB&8 P@@tion . ...)* however, the opintoa of yau OSSLOO is
r6spotfullr requsattuI oa thi8 point. we bs3iwe that to hold othentlae worrld be oon- trary to the letter of the law, et loart, aad would open the door to fraud la puny oama emd sst a Aanmroue prooeAent.w
We think that uador the texma or Artio& 7047a, Vwaon'~‘AaaotatbA Civil 3tatubs. the oonaludoartclted in your lottw relative to the abwe mentionad question in , oorroot . Article 7047a, eupla, rpboiri0tily prorldest no euch lamtrument 8hnU be . . wtll there ha0
tllad or”h~o&A buoa afSixeA to rdh instrument stampa in aooar&zmo with the provtrlon8 of thlr #MO- tion: i . ,*
Tbdro ire outaln omrpttfoa# met out la the above mentlclnod statute, hwever, WI do not think that the abova nmntloluQ deed, u&u the l%ot@ #tit&l, 001~08 wltbln the UO~DtiOtXll sat forth %.a the 88atUtU~
Theretore, we rsspeot&‘na8wu the above stetod quartion in the aogativs. (hlao 8~ the oar0 of City or .Abllaciv* Fryaat, 143 8. W. (&I) df&) :
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