Case Information
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXM
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non, in thir It8 property corporlibioa or. ‘ouch po;ertg is 88ti8ried that is oorreo?i&.dnd ;;rspc:l;’ valued aooordbc to veluc of euc!~ proprty rrcsona’ole oesh arkat
thormarks’% at tiz:s of its rendition, he 8hall li8t 8BZt8 ecoordlq&; a8888mr but, if l di8fi.d ttr ot ldU0 hiOW th. rO88OW able oalh markat valw oi ruch property, ho rhrll ctt On00 p&IO8 OA Said r8nditiOA OQpO8it8 elIOh
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91000 Or prOpart 80 WIderOd M UiOUllt 8qUa1 to the rwmonablo 088h market vaho of 8U6h
property at the time 0r it8 r8ndltlon. and ii 8hall be foUnd t0 have Ii0 nmrkrt 8UOh pIVprt5 Yiluo br 8Uah Offloor, thm at ruoh UID e8 raid orrlomr @hall doon the roti lntrlnrlo raluo Of tho prOportri a6 ii the prr8on llatlng
ruoh property or th8 owner th8roor i.8 nat Batis- fir4 with the v-luo glnood on the proprrty by tho t%8#088Or, hr 6hafi 80 notify thr arre88Or, @ad if deolrlng 10 to do odke oath beforo thr 88e880f that tha T8durition 80 iiX6d by raid orrioor on 8614 pro;wrty 18 rro888lv6~ ouch furnish such rendition, ol'floor hi8 VfdUatiOL ttor802 W.4 the OCtth Of 6Uoh aI'- to&other ulth aon, rlnu or orrioor or any oorporatlon 1s 6ny rwh oath hae been -de, to tho O-88 onar8' OOUFt Of the OOUiIty in nhioh 84d r@ndltlOnUa8 aedr, whioh OOUrt ahhall heor 8YICan00 and de- true valuo of ouoh proyrrty t8mino f~u8.w Fir8t, (her8 eiV8 year for vthioh .~ l 88ou8unt 18 mad~8 18 hcroln provided; 8uch
offioer or court 6hau t.~ke IEtO 00~8lds~utiOn what 8614 property ooul4 have beon 8016 for My ti8lS Within 81X LXUlth8 n.Xt bofon
ilrrt day of January of' the 58ar for whloh thm proport r8nd8rOd.’
TOUr QUC8tiOn OOnOsrn8 th8 MtMia(: Of the Wmb8 'at The tens bar b8.n botore onoo’ a8 u8e6 in ObOYb 8tatuto. tho oowtr froquontly in tho oon8truction Of oontraotr. See tiordr & Phrarsr Permanant Ldltlon, Vol. 4, pp. 682-6881 5 0. J. l439. f t rhould cot be talen j3i It.0 rtrlotest literal sense, when to do 8o prould roC'cIre Lr;,OsSible itl8ttUlt~8OU8 J. 0. sdt,b 5: Wallace Co. v. Lwar, 46 A. 623, aotlon.
11. J.; d'or4 Y. FrIeti, 20 3. L;. ii. Va. fn my 06ats hcs been held to r8;2Ize xctizn dthin 8ucn rea8O:;able ti;;C iis shell be Fe;-Arod, UEider Eli tti6 ClIO'LCteinCeS, for ..ori,s t. i2h=eees, sqrs, 2. 688, po rtlcuim thLac: ,” doi:: is so.zietl-;es Sal& to reqilI--c aat oaaee taere ciLsd.
creLter celerity of aztlon thaJ lr. ordincr:ly co.qreheLded c. J. 143Y, SootnOte 52. 12 il.rcinAa a reoooretle tlae. H~ardwood Lumbar Co. v. Jiwhes, lU, a. iC. 283, Va., it h8ld t,o d82OtO *a proApt 6n4 imrdI6t6' 8hIpEwXLt. &A Gl,abnOy iuill- ln: Co. v. dement, 230 5. VI. lG32, t!;o ten uimi used In a
1. oontraot ~88 told to bo nnbiyous, rubjoet to garti to8tlmony It we0 therr 8a1d that '8uCh Orbarr her8 l , t0 it8 Ll4Uril&. aouilng than the term ~ronoon8bit~ the).” far mars rortrlctod ‘N. 75, ?Eo. &S. flOW8Or V. Atkkr8Oa,~j th0 ODWt tit08 s, TzWJB th8 Opinion in fh8 u&o~oUri 4880 WO QUOtO a8 fOliOW8: that ths tam *nt ono8*, 'Our m~MlU8iOn.iS 'forthwith, or ray rImliar tcra whon uua in a amtraot for the purohars of 60048, to 4e8l;pato tho tine when the Coodr are to bo shippd ha8 a inOr reStriOt8d IW~II~~ thsn the t4lB roa8onablo if0 40 not t.tik it S?lOu1d be hold to mean tlnm. tb0 8X4OUtiOn Of tiA0 Simrilt~OOU8 With oontraot, ZO2 that W0U.l.d Oft8n 38 Lll;Os8Ibl8; but Co88 mean, 1A the absenoe 0: anyttinc to qunllfy t&t all roason8bio hart0 OOA818teAt rith fair it, bU8bO88 OtiTity b8 U8.4 in filLiI& the rhOa OrdOT ~6 a.kine the 8hipmAfr . . ."
IA tho 8ltuatlon rhloh you bqulre about iA8tMt43IiOOU8 hudiy b4 oontuaptrtad. 10 Ui3ny inStSAOO8 th8 notion Odd W l 88888Or *iii AOt b0 pZ-OpCirOd t0 fix th0 V&S Of a PI408 0s property the zmnont [18] re,?derrd. He my hav8 a vary eooi? malap. lor bellovl~ that tho poprtjr owner 18 under- valuing th8 property, but Boa iXlV8StiE0tiOiT or Inwiry L?uq b8 noosmsary boforo he will be satieii8d to 80% down the vrkiua. 7?.13, il8Vi8Od civil kitatUt48, ;IrOnOUZiO88 GAO
dLDO8 &tiOiO t0 OOit#J With the OOAO4mOd tU faiiUr0 Of th0 a880880r b t48lr0a8~00 8nd ma)sor ground for hi8 railoral, provlalon Zf8iAirO8tiy th0 WOFdS "at OnO4" cannot be ~J$VSA 8USh a cmaanin~ t0 SC&O 008IpibAOO OA ji%Zt Of ~8808OOr hQO~8iblO. On tho other hand, ~8 think reardnablo harte 18 roqaired. Tad tL32 within WICC the a688G8or WY ;mri'am this rufdi0:; i+; coAoelvably very rlI;htly under dI:fersnt clroustuncee. 1: the a88868Or 18 prepared til fiX ti8 ValUe Fit th.9 tiE4 t.38 readdition ir sad@ he 8:.sU1& In acoordoncs xlth tzo above 8~. :,‘estima, he ten do Inter. t;iOA i;Ok6 i:OtLtiuII. xr ~0i.,
ht, he :x&t bec;r hi izis!d t&t klnier circwzt~mceb CC he delay t,is action 80 as to prc;;Jice t:he ri .;t 0;‘ tiic t CXi~L;‘e r tJ m&e ub QJntrOVert& Zffidzvit ad hiiie ‘kb SUC deiivcr- ed t’,e 00x-~. sl~riers’ co*xt 3: ‘Jze ?.‘iBLl si’.ti.& 3:. pi 3ourd or equalization.
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