Case Information
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OFFICE OF THE A'ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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010 5404 of Ve*rraa*r the motel nhlelo.
Bon~rblo 0. 0. 0ro.r . . . Pago 8 What prooolon mhoula bo follow04 br
"1. utd da% evldmmo 8hould be pre8onkd by meohm or re to air dojmWam8 palrum ha @nab18 him to ml1 and mild tit10 00 a motor vehiOl0 oaw lz ba ho188 r.mOO&niO OC FO~OiMin'8 8$a%U8Wy lion? MU& suoh meOhaniO*8 lien ba raoorded 0s owwr*a title br- fore lb oaa bo foreolow&? Whoa a lien iu8 been properly rsaordbd
’ “II* on a rrrtitioato of tit10 and our r00- Ord8 rOr.81 tbd l aid lien hQ8 AOti bWA roprly raloamd, may the deperkmnt P Imua a tibb $0 pumha8er On hi8 853' pllertfon rupporti6 by an aifidari) aado by B uohwio or garage mn try- lng $0 l U 8wh mobor rohlole undar a mOhanle'8 ltin without rWuirin(thrt hho prior moor d od lien bo proper17 ra- l*a.*d?" qUO8*iOn you are oosae8zn.& with tha IA y’wr ifsa
rl*uatlon whmro a BoohaAlo l'O&dl'IWA Wi8h.8 $0 8Rti8tg hi8 1fOa l gainmt a motor rrhlale br ralo Of t)u mm&
You akwhat prowduro 8hOuld be follOw.db~ him in 0rd.r for tha dapartzmat to b8 able to imue a Certlflorte of Tltla in th aameoftho wr8oa mroh88iIU the aam fmm *aid ihrnio or ropslrm8i. - 16, # 69 hi the Oorretltubion of Tsxae Artlole
Vi&m8 a8 forlowrr '%lO8hanio#, @ZtiraIU and m8terial Pun, Of story olaes simM hare a lies upon the build- lag8 ad arkOle8 u&o or npalred by tham for valu8 of fbair labor &na thereoA, mtb- rlal iurnlsal bhoreterl and the Legl8latur8 dull provide by lrw ior the spoody and tiioient enforoownt of said liena.*
Arblrle 5608 of the Rorlsed Civil Statutea roe& am follerrl
Vhonover any artiolo, irnglomntl, uterdl *3 orwr . . . PSFO 3 Honarabla D. 0. labor and ma-
or rohlolo Shall be n@redwlth furnI+ng with labor and without torlr~, or matorlal by a;nj oarponter, m~ohanlo, artlun, or othSr workman in th18 State, ruoh oarpmter, nuohanlo, arti.Sui, or athor workman Is nutho?- 1~6 to r*taln 088w810~ of maI artlola, la- plSnlSnt, utelu is: tohlole until the urount br oontraot 8hall ba dua on maa for iepalring fully paid off and dlaohargSd, IA oaSo nourarnt la agroo6 upon by OoAtraot, then aald oarpwtor, maohanio, SrtlSSA, other workAaA shall nbrin pO..MdOA of auoh sttiolo, implunSnt, UtSn8il or veh1010, until all nasoluble owtomary mad ua.ual oon1pen8atIo~ 8hall be peld in full.*
Artlola 5604 of the RSoIaad Civil StatutSa read8 a. followrt WhSn po88o881(~1 of any of tb proporky m-
braowl in the praoodlng artiole ham oontinwd for sixty day8 SitOr the oharger aooruo, ad tbo ohergS 8o due havo not bemn paid, It 8hSfi bS the duty of tb parrott 80 holding 8aId propar- ty to notify th0 owner, if in tha StatS and hi8 real&rnoa bo known, to ooze forward and pay tho OhSrgb8 duo, aad OA hi8 failurv WIthIn the day8 after 8wh notloe ha8 been glron him to payDai.6 Oharga8, the -SOAS DO holding said property, aftor twSntr dry8 not100 are uthorlzod to Sell 8Sid property af~publlo aalo mad apply the pro- orned to the paymeat of Said ohSrgS8, adi'khall pay over thS balanSo to the per8on entitled to the aantS. U the owner*a rS#IdanoS I8 beyond or la unknown, parson holdtAg 8aId tb Stata ~ro~.X'ty 8hSU. AOt ti repuimd to &IV0 auoh AO- tloo before prooeedltq to 86l.L”
Wador hrtlole 68Q4, aupra, the meohanlo or ropafr- DPSA, by 0omp1 ing 61th rooedun outlined thenln, may sell motor ve hi 010 to ma 18fy hi8 lien. P
8ootlon ab of the aertlfloata of Tit10 Aot oodl- ?ied am ArtIole 1436-l of Yor~on*a Annotated Penal dodS, ap lies to such a 8itUStiOn a8 outlined Sad provider a8 so lOW81 P
Honorabl. D. C. Oreor . . . Peg. 4
wWhenavr the own rshl & a motor to 010 ;..i8~~~05$i?& tr;i~td+-- r.nS orrod J eDera oiiT?Ta~aZiGi Tiiher- ~rdoolror- ‘itono., a*tlr* or b.qu.at~~uptoy,
. the holrr St law and 8QOOiiiOStiOtI by ths hairs 88 to in Who@* nam. fb oertIfIo.ts shall laaue), or order orbIllaf8el. frm the offloer tack- In& th. ju4IoIal aal., exoept hopiever, that whom fonoloaure la had under the tom. of a 11.~ ths arrIdavit of the person, firm, aaao- oIat!on oorporation or authorized ag.at of the faoi of ropor8.r~aion and dIreatIfun oi'tltls Jm aooordaaoe’wlth tha tars of tha llan, ahall b. auffloIent to authorize the lssumoa of a new oertlfloate OS title In the nazne of the purohea-
In line with tha above Quoted portion of the Cer- tif1o.t. of Title Aot, you aro advlaod In sltua- tion you Inquire about, If the ceobanlo or repairxxan files an affIdarIt with your dapartz~ent setting out tha faota of tha oroation of hi8 lion and the dlvestl.tura of tltlo by reason thoroof In rooordano. with the law, you are thezu- bl authorize& to Iasu. a OartifIoate o? Title ia the new of the puroha8.r et auoh 881. held by Said nmohanlo ro- palraan.
fn your aeooad cueatlon you are oonosrned with thm altuatlon whsr. an aifidsvit, a. Is dlaoussed in thy pr6vlour Queetlon, is furnishad your departmmt but It Sp- peers that the department hae Iaaued e Cortlfloata of *5 Homrsbls b. a. uurr . . . Pe#J s IIan motor tehl~le, whlah aertiflaat~ lndl- en thm
Tltl. auto8 thab a lien has basn propwly noted on suoh Certl- YOU 1nqUira Whether th8 fiO8Qe Of Title ?sra ISSU& departmat may isrus a oertifl08ce 0r Title t0 the pulp eM8er from t$s meahanlo OF ~aragwnaa without raqul.rin& that prlOr.noted lien be properly released. Tour ptob lsr requlr8a 8 dstsmlnatlon or the priority bstwssn the meohkmia or gar8gomaa18 lion and the oontraot 1Ias pnrl- OU8 notodr
V0thi.n ln thlr title shall be aonntnad or wa38lb8ra 8 as la any manner lmpelr or a$- "r Seotlng'the right of psrtls8 to areclto Ions by 8peaial oonarftot agrss33nt. nor shell ft la any msnner affsat or impair otbor liens arl8lng at o~axnon law or in equity, or by any 8tetu88 or thi8 ststa or any other lien not troats4 of uwler this t&s.* ,,
prlar to 1926 them wus a aonfl1at bstwsen the various Courts of Civil ALp9eals 5x1 this etsta oa ths qurr- tloa of priority between a oontrsot ~llsn properly reoords4 an6 s xoohmla18 rspairman~a lien. For that reason the of Texas grented writ ot error in the oass Su9re!ns aod of COHEERCUL CRXDIT CMPART 7. B3OS!i 2E4 B.W. @ll. In thst ease the Coamleslon of Appeals, fn sn 09iaiOn written by Juetlss spsr, reviaweb aonetftutional prarfsloa end 8tatote8 quoted prerlously and held thst the oontract lion, wtiah was properly rsaordsd prior to the tin oi areertlon or the msohsnla*s lien, was entitled to priority over said moohanlo~8 ll*ar The court oonoludsd es followat
"'#ha it 18 rambe& that tt;e Conetftu- *ion asolsrs8 no priorit that the rtatutoa no- whsm undortako to 8ay tP at the wohanlo's llsn i8 ma rlor to all others, snd that artlale.Zi671 (6iOl~d~alsre8 a 8avl.q of liens areatsd bt spe- sial sontraot than i8 no doubt that the ~sneral rule of "not& of aontraat 8hOIiM 9mtai f sad that the holdor of s Ohrttsl motignge who h;s to protoot his rights and ha8 dons beon dll&anb all that the law dmmadOd of him IA order t0 pre-
: 326 Bon#sblO D. 0. (IloOr . . . Page the fZU1tD Or h18 oontraot
8orW should be fully protootsd. m aurhaalo who fUrniDhO8 ratbrls~ or p*rfom labor in-tb repair8 Oi s%hiole thus mortgaged d0~8 ma rolan- tarlly, and with full knfmlodm in law o? mort&a.pr :and th e oonrequent
tha l xlst nutr’%a*o, and ‘Ii ha euf- right* of ~X'8t10S8 by Duah OOndUOt ii i8 h$D OWE oi ohofos upon h18 ft ws8.a lytter pert io do ths work, aad ha sssusmd the risk of loring his h3r@ when ha Ontared in- Wllron I. DonaldDoa, 181 ' to e@attaet.v’ 081. 8 IM P. 405, 4% L.B.A. Sz1, 64 Aar 39.
Rap. lJ,yOited ia Awsioaa Foundor ti. !&p 1. flaho18, ~8upra.
vo thsrrrore rsooaunsn4 that th6 oi the trial aourt snd o? the Court
Appoal.8 bs reformad 80 68 to dsores plalntilff in error*8 shsttol mortga(za lien to k atlger- lor to defendant 2s error*8 maohanla*s lien, and ontltlsd to priority payment ?rm the pro- atto of ma10 upon iOl(l(l108~S~~
fn ttm eabvo quobsd cmem the Bupraxw Court defl- aitely l rtabltihod the priority of ths oontraot lien and held that ths holUmr ot the oontreat llan was atltl8d to a priority paymsnt fron the proossd8 ot sale upoa the fom- 0108~.
In the osas of TIJ.BI[B ID FAXSON, 299 3.1. 669 by tha Austin db~rt OS Oitil A9pmls, Of .rX-or diD&S- Wit ed b,y the Suprmra Oourt, the aourt adogtsd the azma rule OAd Stt3tOd Q@ fO~htSl
wAppollm$a ploadod that mortgagor Wate?8 left the t ruok with BuBon-Oaboea Go:ipany, on July 19, 19e3, in a nul-down ooxMltioa and ior rqalxr waters abandoned the truok and Burta n-J aboon Coapaay a016 16 oa November lS, 19W, to ass Modraw, tram whom ppOllUZt8 bought tho truok for $180, in 8atisiaetion ei tha storqa and laborert8 lien thereon; aad th8t lSborsrt8 lion ttm8 aoquirdl was l U&WrlOr to that of sppalleO's prior reOOrded mtQmge.
Iionorable D. 0. Orear . . . Pqe agalnet ep-
T his qur8t:on 18 derinitdy l ettlad prllent'e oontontlon by the aa80 o? Oommerolal Oredit 00. vr Bronn (Tex. Corn. App.) a34 S.W.
Wll,,whioh hold8 that 8 moohenio'e or laborer*8 lien for repairing an l uSmmbll8 in his poeeor- 8iOIl i8 UOt 8llp@riOr t0 8 &WiOr re(liSterCMi IlUXt- gega on the automobllo. Redamen v. Wewnom, 109 lbxr 478, 8ll S.W. od6 Almriowl, eta., 00. T* Blohol8, 110 'hr. 4, i3 1 4 8.W: 301."
The Tourkana Court of Olvll Appeal8 In the oaeo of 08RERAL MOTOR8 ACCEPTANCE CORP. v. YERRZTT, 16 8,W.(2d) 296, rtateb a8 follow8~
"That rgeerasnt apparently reoognlzee the dootrlne nnounoed by our 8uprm.o Court that l prior properly reooraad ohattel mortgage on r- 801181 property 18 euporlor to 8 meohanlo*e 1 on lp breed upon ubbeoquently mado repair8 to the prap- erty. Oommerolrl Credit 00. v. Brown (Tex. Oom.
APP. erU S.W. 9111 Vllb~lg v. hlron (Ter. Oiv.
APP* 898 8.W. 669.'
Pi@ oall your attention, howemr, to oaae of YRITZ MOTOR OWPANX v. OABERT, U i3.W. (Zd) 72, writ of dlemlcleod by the Suprosa Oourt. In that error oaee the Yort Worth Ooart of Otvll Appoalr held that the oontraob mortgagee had waived lte prlorlty over the meohanio'e lien by lmplledly agreeing to the repairs being mado to the motor rehlolw. The oourt et&s4 a8 followers
Whllo the Frltx Motor Company did not In sxproee tam8 agree that a lien might aria@ in Oebertfr rarer for repair6 yet it knew repair8 to be mabe wou enhence the reluw ia of the property1 it aleo knew that ~.;hen the re- paira were ilnlahed, Prlngle ?iight not be able to pay ior them, end thst In that event a &t&t- utory lien in favor ot Oebert would fmlfm. If the repelre had Soen made upon the order OS the Fritz Hotor Company, olanrly, it would be in no poeitloo to deny the priority of Cabert*8 lien lien: and we ofan psraslve no over the mortgage reason why the BUN legal result would not tol- low from the plaiatlf?*# authorization of the *8 Honoreblm D. 0. moor ,.. Page (I Prlngle." thrmgh
repairs Baaed u90n the above 0aee8, you are 8dViSd that where an ??IdSVIt of a meoh8nIo or mpalrmn is eubmlt- ted t0 your d@partntMt rOqUS8ti~ that ~SrtitiOStS O?Tltle bo ltmuod in the name of a guroh88er at a sale oonduoted by hiato atI8?y hi8 118n and where th8 raoorar 0r your dqmrtrmnt show that a oertltioate has bean I38ued prevl- ouely on the a!w motor rehlolo, wkloh oertit~oat8 oon- thereon a valid oontraot lien, that your de- tainti not*d psrtwnt 18 not authorized t0 iSSUe 8 OertifiO8te Of Title ln the nam8 O? th. purohaeor at the Sah OOnaUOted by tho msoheni0 or re aIrman, un1088, at the 8441~0 tti, you am re ease of oontraot lien noted upon the ?urnleMd 8 P first Oortl?Ioate o? Title. You are further advIsed that ln ouz oplnton awn iI th0 meohanIo*e atriaevit asserted that the holder o? the oamtrsot and prior lien h8d w8lved his priority YOU would not bo justified i.n issuing a Car- tlrio8to 0r lltle to tho purohaser st tho moohenI0 or r* pairnun' aale. We bolievo that beton your department would bo ruthorleed to reOOgnlz0 the priority of a meohan- lo's lion, of a preriouely noted oontraot lion, above It would be neoorrary that you be furnished with a final judgment of a romt o? law 80 dooreeing suoh a priority.
wo trust that tho toregolna iul1.p aavle~r you in thlr matter.
?OUrS very truly ATTORN6Y C=AL OF,TEIA3 Etirob