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Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
O-3514
| Tex. Att'y Gen. | Jul 2, 1941
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*1 OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEYGENERAL OFTEXAS AUSTIN

kionorable Ii. 1:. Pitmn

Qount y Audi tot

Iwyatt couuty

La Craw,a, Texas

at this Departwnt l en rcOOiV#d.

for divcrce is filed snd not wnteetad regardless of ticthar the divorc8 ia or is not grantedT" srtlcie 3933, Vernon's Annotated Citil s.tstutee, provides in pert:

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"5h,herlrfs 0r.d iGE8thblefi ssoll receive the following foee:
. . . 'Ear crick oust) tried ix tka Dlatrlct or County Court, t: jury fee, shall iie taxed rcr the 8h8riff or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l . . * .50. " . . ~.

CorntruIng the above quoted provision of ArtIcla 3933, thle Departi:ant in c latter oplnioo datad June lE, 1934, ad- draeesed to Lcnorable 2. i. Laeele, County Auditor, Yernon, Texas, wx¶ written by Iruel C. iialkar, heldt "It 1s the opinion of the writer er,d you ere 80 advised Wet under this the sUrlff is entitled to tte fee of flrtg cants statute for aao!: ceee tried in the dlstrlct fr county cmrt, and We feet tbtzt e jurk- la cot requested la imateriel."

It is our opinion that the result of the cam i6 in+ rztarial. It will be cotad that the above mntloned statute provides a fee of 8Og rOr the sheriff for eect oaue tried l.ri the district or county court. *e do not t&ink that the aherlff is entitled to the abcva mntloned fee until the oasa ha5 bean aotually tried. Eowevar, we think the holdlnf or the nbore EwtfOaad oplnlon 18 correct and raapeotiully ad- rise you that, the aharlff i8 entitled to the said fee of 50# in aaeh of tba above mantlonail oaaaa when actuelly trlad. ruliy onawar your inquiries,

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Your5 vary truly

Case Details

Case Name: Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Court Name: Texas Attorney General Reports
Date Published: Jul 2, 1941
Docket Number: O-3514
Court Abbreviation: Tex. Att'y Gen.
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