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AUSTIN
Ronorable C. 0. Murdoob
County Attorney
Menard, Texaa opumu~ no.+469
DGar Slrt
Il.1 Jug!at or lzix ‘hpril/6 uad my 1, 1941, ahng d$n tit?* owe rhich you have . t.ha.,fopmlng fact8r the xat. OS texam and ank L. ullroa 8cnthree , Ilanard county, 8n& nuau&vllle rndopui- ~1Ma.d am ~derendaatr l8 th8 l ult seeklag fo re- wpeotlvely. *2 __. , Hoaorabls C. 0. Murdoch, page 2
or eny Constable of Menard County to esiro and eel1 8uch property "a, provided by Artlclo 7328 Of thS tkW18@4 civil StatUteen iOr the purpoar arid jwlpont. llotloe baa been of 8atiQf’yiag given b7 the Sheriff that he uill eel1 the pro- perty at public auotloa 8n Kay 6, 1941. It appeur that Mr. Vllron WV derlrer to pay such part of the ddinqUe?lt one lot vhloh he 01-8 aa hi8 homestead, together tRXe8 [80] iOMIOlO#e& upon ae Vel’e &@hNIt 111th taxer accruUg on that lot rime the date OS forecloeurs, vlthout paying on the other tvo lott. them three rs~ponm
You roqUe#t OUT opinion in qUO8tlOU8 I
1. "Can the part7 pay 0~1 the lot that ne ORIffINAUY hl~ h-stead, and leave the resalnlng property in the judgment aad ln the Gee6 to the State of fexw UNPAID?”
2. "Or, runt all proparty In the do4 to the 8th Of TGXW be ptid aa, if ~¶y 18 paid?"
3. "If the t-Q aMnot nov be paid by the former ovner on hlr ORIORAL BORESTEAD, and not the 0th~ property (a8 t-h0 2 year period Of redePlptiOa ha8 l plred) and all of the property lr aglin offsred for #ale by the 8heriff $0 tha higho8t bl&br on Nay 6th, advertlrod, OAR TEE 8BERIFFOFFRtTBE PROIPBTT TO BIDDlnM la 88 at0 trmt8, or m TEI r ?ARTYBIDMH~OKIUUS,BI dllAUOFTBXPltOPlUtTY IRCUTDED IA T811: I!USRD TO TEE 8TATE OF tnu?" Ye have l x8mlned th e o c pier of th e papu8 In th8 ab ove p rC8Wding fOr th e purpose tiy Of fixing MtUiti d8t.Q Md Of uudu whloh the prooee&lng vu ha&. we detumlnlng the 8tatute t0 WY po8albh QW8- 8m With hVo mt 8tUdLd rOfOrOMQt o? lrregularlty of proaodure. tlow The prccoedlng8 ppou have beon had u&or S. 8. 477, R.#tiU 808#1-, 45th t(li8l&tWO, hi- AFti 7%b, vfIrnOn'8 hB0tat.d CiVil btbtUte8. It 18 80 OXJ?rOQ#ed in t.hQ In the udg- ploadlngm Of all PUtib8 plrlntllf and lnterveniy. ment the ~OWOIAQ&~O value of the property la fixed at 4500. d 0 in WtOrCbOO Vlth the prOrl8lOW Or SOOtiOn 5, Of 8. 8. 477, *3 Honorable C. 0. Murdooh, pqe 3
Acta of the 45th Lwglrlrture , and redemption 18 expreraly au- thorire b the Ju4gmont aa ret out in Seotion 12 of ml4 Artlole g 73 5b. Other provlmlonm thoroln rhov quite clearly that the oourt vu folloring t&t statute. The order of aale dated November 1, 1938, oontlinr features identifying it aa an order lwued la oompl1~00 vlth Section8 7 and 8 of muub Aut. The Eiherlft*r return th ereon n tvnm a aale to tim Stat0 for the uee ur4 benefit of~ltrelf end the other toting unite. And, thU doe4 11&Wt18. prOfe8e.r fOllOV Arti018 TUG above bea truu, '1e 40 not believe that 8tdUt.O 7345b. may new bu l b~&on04 md 8 rale be hn4 aontrary to its provl- n lonr under Artldle 7328, hVi8ed Ye think Civil Statutoc.
it appear8 rather oleuly frm Seotlon 9 of Artlcla 7)&bb:~th8t VhM land18 b ou&ht&th. iiF& l de by one tsldng unltin trwt Sor rll the taxlq unltr djudged have tu lien8 egalnmt thU 8- the 8hOriff luJ not 8d1 the 1Uld Until 8i.X rOat.hW d- ter the l plrmtlon of the purl04 of redemption. !fhlr mould be tV0 Ud a hd.f ]nw8 &Or tha fi¶Wt Q&e. Rut period ha8 not GX&X'Od in ttlil OIIa rrrd it 18 8\lgeGlIted -t the 8ti8 OOllt.e& plated aot be held.
AZ'tu the lam4 VU the right of the owner to diSUhU~0 him obllptlon by 8irp1J p=yM the tU.8 rUUrI8.d Thuwfter he vaa relegated thereon no longer Xi8td. to ra- duption OF lNlFoh8.. bins the per106 of rsemption bar ax- plre4 ha oan no lolyor a8 matter 0r right exmalcle thrt prlvllege. tuiog unit8 8OWUlt, thG pWObbr8ing IUlit -- ff dl
in tbl8 0888 the akt8, doed t@ b8 b;r thG AttOrWy oUWrti -- My 88u t&l8 property. Cr, r&lo say be ma40 by the Sheriff to the highartblddu u p~orl4a4in the 8ocahd paragmphof8eo- tion 9, w vatten r8qwrt OT op4 OS the iatm8te6 tuh# & alrudy iI¶dlOat~, h8VWU the rharlff ray not 80 ctoit8. 8eu UUtil 8iX BlXithU WV8 pU88d fOliw U&atiaO Of the porlod of redomptlon. Atit8 8tieth8 formu ounermrybu8 puruhwor, and lf the proparty 18 roverablo or diti8ibl8 in kh d it UJ b. l old in pWO.18.
YOUr8 very truly